In December of 2011, I was lucky/unfortunate enough to have the opportunity to fly to chilly Calgary in Western Canada for a week-long conference. I was all prepared for winter and cold … it was to Canada after all that I was travelling! Imagine my surprise when I arrived at the airport on Saturday morning to find the temperature was over 10 degrees Celsius. Yet within just a few hours, the weather began to turn. On Sunday morning, I awoke at 6am local time to find that the city was dusted in about 10cm of snow.

It was truly magical! A hush had descended upon the city to go with the snow. And yet, again, to my surprise, there were joggers out at 7am running, snow or no snow. None the less, I spent almost two hours walking all across the center of the city, snapping photos, glad that I had packed mittens and a hat.