Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel - Description

Description: The Fairmont Banff Springs Front View. The magnificent Banff Springs Hotel has been a wilderness palace for people from around the world and a playground for the rich and famous. The story of the building also tells many others; the growth of tourism, the building of the national railway, the maturing of Canadian art and the birth of a unique mountain culture. The Banff Springs is the legacy of one man; William Cornelius Van Horne, a brash, young American engineer who supervised the completion of the CPR. His influence was enormous, crossing the boundaries of commerce and culture. The Banff Springs Hotel was his vision, and it changed the way the world viewed Canada.

Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel - Rocky Mountain

Its unique blend of opulence and seclusion has been a symbol of Rocky Mountain magnificence for more than a century. Style after a Scottish baronial castle.

Fairmont Banff Spring's Hotel - Bruce Price (NY)

Design: In 1886, Van Horne commissioned Bruce Price of New York, one of the foremost architects of the day, to draw up plans for a hotel to be built above the confluence of the Bow and the Spray Rivers overlooking the beautiful Bow Valley. Construction started in the spring of 1887 and the hotel officially opened on June 1, 1888.

Wanti's Family at Cave and Basin Hike Photo by Kerry

Wanti & Family - Cave and Basin in Banff

5th Year Anniversary at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel

April 23th, 2005 - Saturday
Wanti, Januar, Nicole and Billy arrived at our home at 10:00AM and we all head to Banff for lunch at the luxurious and gorgeous Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel for a special celebration lunch buffet. We celebrated Nicole's Birthday (April 20th) and our anniversary (April 22th).
Kerry and I celebrated our 5th year wedding anniversary (the Canadian one).
It is quite a big deal. Kerry and I met in Tokushima, Japan (September 1997). I was working part-time at the Tsutaya Bookmark Video Rental Store and Kerry one day show up looking for the Evita Soundtrack CD for rent. I kindly helped him in English. Kerry came quite often to rent videos after that and soon he was inviting me for donut and tea after my work shifts. We became quite good friends. After I passed the entrance examination for Kumamoto University, Kerry got a job at Zenrin in Fukuoka. Kerry went back to Canada in 1999 and we had to mantain a distance relationship for almost two years with small breaks in between. During my two visits to Canada I started to know his dear family and friends in Edmonton. Soon after I graduated in 2000, Kerry and I decided to get marry. Since then we were together learning from each other, growing and strenghtening our relationship. Happy Anniversary!

A Mulher do Deserto - Acrylic Painting April 22th 2005

A Mulher do Deserto - Acrylic Painting April 22th 2005
Today I was in a mood to paint again and 'A Mulher do Deserto' came to my mind.
Acrylic can be hard at first because it dries pretty fast, but I manage to finish this paint on April 29th 2005. Needs improvement, but I am happy with the end result in the canvas.