More Fun with Mike and Maggie

During Mike and Maggie's stay, we were able to do lots of fun things.  Mike really wanted to check out some of the museums here in Calgary.  One day we checked out the Tellus Science Museum.  This is a new museum that focuses mainly on hands-on exhibits about science.  It was fun and we actually learned a few things:  keeping your coffee maker plugged in all the time wastes a lot of electricity without even being on (so does your cell phone charger, PlayStation 3, microwave, etc.), and dopamine is the chemical that is released in your brain when you first start a relationship, but it is oxytocin that you depend on to keep a relationship long-lasting.  Good to know.

We also were able to visit the Military Museums of Calgary, which are located right next to where Matt and I live.  I wasn't super excited to see these at first, but they turned out to be really interesting.  Instead of a lot of boring displays, the museum was filled with mannequins placed in realistic scenes.  They were a bit creepy at first, but they actually made the museum fun and interesting.

Actual life-size tank in the museum

We also got to go to some pretty delicious places to eat while Mike and Maggie were visiting.  One of Matt and I's favorite places is called Tubby Dog (yes, I know the name doesn't sound appetizing but these hot dogs are AMAZING!).

We had a fancy dinner at the Sky360 Lounge at the top of the Calgary Tower, which is a rotating restaurant at 1228 meters above sea level, the highest observation deck in the world - pretty amazing.  It was a little weird to be eating and rotating, but we got used to after a while.  It really gave us a pretty view of the city and the food was delicious.  Unfortunately, Matt couldn't make it to dinner because he was working off-site this day and apparently planes don't like to start when it's -40 C/-40F (when temps reach -40C, it evens out with F so it was also -40F - crazy, I know!) so, he got stuck in Fort Saskatchewan for a few extra hours.

View below our feet through the glass floor of the observation deck - this was scary to stand on!

Skyline View from the restaurant

Matt and I celebrated our 3rd anniversary while Mike and Maggie were here so they took us to dinner at Craft Beer Market.

And, for their last night here, Matt and I took Mike and Maggie to an Italian restaurant that we really like called Fiore.  It was a great last dinner for them in Calgary.  The next morning, we drove them to the airport at 5:30 AM so that they could catch their flight back to the "warmth"!  The week was so much fun!  I am so glad we had our first visitors...and I am always ready for more (hint, hint) :)