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well hello friends I am back in beautiful British Columbia and I'm here with my friend Petrina she
is also a lovely travel YouTuber so definitely check out her Channel I'm gonna have it linked
in the description so where we are right now is a place that I have never been to before but Patrina
you've been to Cranbrook British Columbia before when you were a kid right yeah so yeah this is a
really uh interesting part of British Columbia to visit because it is just basically an hour across
the border from Alberta so we just drove down from Calgary and are going to be here for a couple of
days but where we are right now and what we are standing in front of is the hotel that we will be
staying at for the next two nights and it actually has a very interesting history Katrina could you
tell my lovely audience of where we are staying and why this is such a significant place for
the area absolutely so the St Eugene's Resort was actually previously a residential school from 1920
to 1970 this building right behind us housed all the tuna children from the area they were stripped
from their families and then they were put here where they lived and went to school and they tried
to take away their culture from them and take the culture out of them basically there's just
like such a dark history but the tunaha people who still own this building the it is indigenous
owned the business is still owned by them to them it was so important that the same building that
stripped them of their culture they wanted to now create something beautiful to share their culture
with the world and to use this building to now rebuild their culture in a positive light what's
especially interesting is that right here in the whole Resort because this is actually a very
big area I will tell you about all the different things it has in just a minute but what I think uh
is the best part of this whole Resort is that they actually have an indigenous Cultural Center where
you can actually take an hour and a half long Tour by somebody who actually was you know a child in
this residential school system here that has you know personal experience there's actually a few
staff members who I was told you know work on the property and that actually went to the school so
outside of that very dark history there are just so many amazing things about this property that
definitely makes it one of the best places to stay in Cranbrook where not only is it this beautiful
historical you know building that they've turned into a hotel it has gorgeous Gardens all around
but it also has a world-class golf course now I don't golf I would take probably like two hours
to just do one hold properly so I'm sorry Petrina I'm not going to do the best golf buddy but they
also have so many other you know great things like they have a lovely outdoor pool they got a fitness
center there's even a casino here for you know all the people that love to feel lucky they have
three on-site restaurants so it's a beautiful property I feel very lucky to be here because
we did get this day complementary all thanks to Petrina setting this up with a tourism Cranbrook
and also Saint Eugene's so thank you very much for the complimentary stay and I hope you guys
will join us for this little tour around the area of crown Brook because it is stunning oh yeah
I know we won't be late foreign
all right guys this is our lovely room at Saint Eugene's and I actually want to start with the
washroom where I love the floor I love the type of tile that they have in here it's a really
nice bathtub has everything you need and then over here we are staying in a queen room in the mission
building which was actually the residential school it is a Heritage building now so a lot of
the brick and original features they actually have left the same they have nice Keurig machines here
a lovely fireplace to start up in the evening and just a really lovely comfortable Ambiance alright
guys we have arrived to the 19th Hole this is the restaurant that they have here beside
the golf course they have a lovely patio that we are sitting on oh and Petrina got a sangria here
um could I please get a nine ounce cab soft yeah perfect thank you Trina and I
decided to Twin in the best way possible with their quinoa salad I think the quinoa is just
underneath here we got some greens avocado feta and then we got some salmon on the side
being very health conscious tonight but it's just lovely to eat here in the fresh air yes beautiful
good morning everybody
of actually quite early today just had a lovely breakfast at the hotel and we are booked
by a tourism Cranbrook at this really interesting sort of Heritage town Ford Steel apparently they
have like wagon Rock and run ride and it's all the old style of buildings that were in this
area back in the day and you can kind of kind of feel like a Pioneer for the afternoon foreign
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well that was fun it was so fun it's crazy because citrine and I were just talking and
I mentioned how I feel like we've been here all afternoon because we saw so many different
things and we technically didn't even see everything apparently they have like classes
where you can make homemade ice cream and just see how they did things back in the
old days so now we're actually going to jump in the car and actually go to Cranbrook go to
a restaurant for lunch that tourism Cranbrook really recommended to us and it's going to be
interesting because Cranbrook is actually the largest urban center in the Kootenai
region it's got a population of about 20 000 people so come on in we'll show you guys around
thank you thank you
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guys we are at The Hideout and we have Sven from cran book tourism showing us around today and we
got some local craft beers that they have here I got a IPA as always Patrina what did you get
here amazing nice and Sven what did you get I got the Belgian bit love it well cheers guys
on a nice hot summer day the food has arrived and it looks spectacular they also did the sweetest
thing where Katrina and I wanted to share a couple of things and they split it for us as
is we got the reuben sandwich which is hopefully going to satiate us for our upcoming bike ride
and then we also got the pear Bellucci's and bacon salad looks spectacular are out of town
all right guys the more active part of our day has begun here at Northstar Bicycle
Company really nice bike super nice bikes I have never been on an e-bike
before we just tested the mode and it is nice there's supposed to be some really
nice trails around this area so Petrina let's go on a little Adventure let's do it
thank you
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but I'm also so happy yes yes this is such a spectacular view let me just actually pop
you guys over the shoulder look at that wow so nice and these e-bikes definitely make things a
lot easier do they not 100 that little like extra push I think on the way back there's some uphills
so this is going to come in handy yeah it truly is an amazing Trail here and it's nice to see other
bikers coming around here as well so we're gonna head back to Cranbrook and then head back to Saint
Eugene's because tonight we have a very special dinner at their signature restaurant Numa so we've
worked up an appetite for that oh my goodness we have a beautiful bottle of cab Merlot from
Hester Creek that you're so good at this perfect that is multi-talented a man of many talents
best ones all right guys our appetizers have arrived and they look amazing we got the scallops
and shrimp appetizer with some focaccia bread am I saying that right Focaccia I knew something was
off and then we also have a charcuterie board which is just epic I haven't had a charcuterie
board in such a long time there's a whole bunch of different cheeses some different salami some
raspberry jam pickles the wine is fantastic we are in heaven company is 10 out of 10. 12 out of 10.
are eating so good tonight guys I don't even have the words for it oh this is the rib eye
on a beautiful bed of mashed potatoes and asparagus some seasonal vegetables and then
over here is definitely I think the must-have dish from Numa which is the Bison which in and
of itself looks super interesting with the bone almost coming out of it here we have a barley
risotto it said as well as kind of like this corn sort of sauce on top this looks incredible foreign
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what a spectacular couple of days it's really unbelievable
who would have known that Cranbrook has so much to offer I would a hundred percent come back here
because honestly like even though it felt like we did so many different things it's really the
tip of the iceberg there's especially so much hiking that would be so good to do in this area
so really want to say a big thank you to Saint Eugene's for hosting us we had such a phenomenal
time here it's an amazing Resort the restaurants especially incredible the staff here is just
lovely uh so we're actually going to link them in the description so you guys can definitely come
and stay here yourself and also want to say a big thank you to tourism Cranbrook for hooking us up
with so many fun things to do yesterday I'm going to link them in the description as well because on
their website they have like all the suggestions of things to do you know in and around this area
so definitely check it out also want to say a big thank you to Katrina for joining me on this
amazing journey I'm gonna have her YouTube channel Linked In the description and I'm sure we're going
to do so many more adventures together this is just the beginning exactly so thank you guys so
much for tuning in let me know your thoughts in the comments if you have been to Cranbrook and
as always I'm sending you so much love and keep being your own kind of beautiful bye guys bye guys