Sea lions in a shopping centre?

Last time I signed off by saying that I was heading to a foam party and I can't not mention such a great night! After two dollar drinks at a hidden pub called 'The Pump and Tap', myself, Kelly and Shanae (two of the best Aussie girls ever) headed - a little tipsy - to the foam party. As the foam pumped out into the middle of the dance floor I found myself being stuck in the middle, not being able to breathe and throwing my arms around like a mad woman frantically trying to find a way out.Once back in the air it was time to dive back in only to repeat the same action and the whole time just laughing continuously.

The next morning I took a six hour bus ride to Edmonton. It's strange to be away from all the gorgeous sites I have been seeing and to be in a town.To be honest I was wondering what I was going to tell you about Edmonton as it is just a town and the hostel is quite different, as in the people seem to keep themselves to themselves, but to be honest it has been so nice to just chat to people but explore on my own, recharge my batteries and gather my thoughts.

However yesterday I had the most bizarre shopping experience. If I said to you a shopping mall you would conjure up images of shops, restaurants, possibly a cinema and a bar right? How about sea lions, stingrays, penguins, ice rink and a theme park.Yes, you are reading right, there is a theme park with all kinds of spinning roller coasters (which I obviously had to check out), a sea loin show that randomly takes place in a pool in between shops next to the 'Sea Caverns' which houses fish, sharks, turtles and penguins. Whilst all this was fun to see, I did have to wonder if it was really good for these animals to be kept in a shopping centre without a lot of natural sun light etc.

Oh and I must mention the petting zoo. I thought to myself how lovely, I'll just wonder over and look at the pony, rabbits, goats etc; yes lovely until I saw a llama beaming it's evil eyes towards me, no doubt ready to take a chunk out of my arm at any second! Those of you that know me will know that camels and llama's scare the life out of me and those of you who don't know probably just think I'm a mad woman right now. Let's just say I moved on quickly!

Today I took my book and headed for the park and then to Starbucks and, as boring as this may seem to some, I haven't felt so relaxed in a long time, which is when I thought to myself I will definitely be doing more of this when I get home. When it comes to needing some 'me' time, just take a book, grab a coffee and get completely lost in my own thoughts. I also decided that on my return I will be writing that diary style book that I have always talked about doing... maybe I'll do that in Starbucks too, I think they could make a lot of money out of me.

On a serious note, one thing that I have learnt already - if you want to do something then just do it. If that means doing it on your own, then who cares? No one is looking at you or judging you for it and if they are then they need to find something more important to worry about.

So my next move... I'm off to cowboy land (ye ha!), Calgary, for a day. I've had warnings so decided not to stay. I'm getting there in the morning and leaving at midnight for my ten hour trip to Regina. I can't believe it has been three weeks already!