Beautiful Banff

Here's a picture of our hostel from the outside:

No, not really. This is the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel, the most prominent building in the area. Of course, it is dwarfed by the Rockies, as is pretty much everything else.

This morning we visited the Hoodoos, pillars of soft glacial material protected from the elements by a cap of rock at the top of each column.

From here we followed the Hoodoo Trail back into Banff. There were some breathtaking views along the way.

After our walk we needed to relax, and couldn't think of anywhere better than Banff Upper Hot Springs. The pool is quite small and not really a patch on the spas in Budapest, but the view was fantastic.

Now we needed cooling down so headed to Cows for ice cream. Beautiful!