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    • Day 43

      43. Vancouver (Part 5)

      September 26, 2023 in Canada ⋅ 🌧 16 °C

      Stayed in bed after 10 a.m. for the first time in 6 weeks 😅 After a 10 minute walk, I took the bus to the campus of the University of British Columbia. Nice campus and a place only 10 minutes away from the beach (Wreck Beach). Visited the Beaty Biology Museum - I like the idea of museum, resarch and university combined at one place. The museum was very built on explaining zoology with not so many exhibitions than London or Luxembourg Nature Museums. So not to exiting when you are npt so onto biology. So I watched the 45 minutes movie of the most interesting exhibition of the museum - a skeleton of an adult blue whale. What an interesting story!
      After that, I had to visit Wreck Beach - I can imagine that at the end of the school year and with sunshine, this will be the place to be when you study at the UBC.

      With another bus, I returned to dowtown at a $-shop to get rid of my canadian coins and to take the seabus to North Vancouver. There, I hafd a fantastic view on the beautiful skyline of Vancouver. Yes, I said that Vancouver hasn't a lot of street lightning, but of course that doesn't count for Downtown. Finished the day with my last supper and returned with the seabus and skytrain to my guest house - even that I said returning in the night wouldn't be a great idea. But even that my photos of the skyline in night didn't work, I don't regret to saw it in person.
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    • Day 11

      Vancouver

      September 17, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

      Dopo un lunghissimo giorno di navigazione e dopo aver salutato Marlon e Ivan eccoci tornati in quel di Vancouver! In questa calda giornata ci siamo avventurati a North Vancouver presso il parco di Capilano. Questa località è famosa dalla fine dell'Ottocento per il suo ponte sospeso. La famiglia che aveva comprato queste parti di terra a destra e a sinistra del Capilano River, ha fatto qui la sua fortuna infatti, costruendo il ponte aveva creato una via per attraversare il fiume. Sono state coinvolte anche le popolazioni native Squamish con il loro capo Joe Capilano e sua moglie Mary. Oltre al ponte, ci siamo avventurati lungo il sentiero sospeso "Treetops" dove si possono vedere da vicino le canopies create dai grandi cedri rossi e le "cliffwalls", un percorso attrezzato lungo le pareti rocciose.
      Nel pomeriggio, scesi alla King Edward Station ci siamo incamminati nel nuovo appartamentino localizzato vicino al Queen Elizabeth Park dove, camminando tra distese di verde e fiori, abbiamo osservato dei giocatori di lawn bowling, una cerimonia ebraica, degli scoiattolini indaffarati finché siamo stati sorpresi dalla pioggia.
      Ultima fermata della giornata Richmond, il quartiere asiatico di Vancouver. Circa il 78% dei residenti risulta di origine orientale e questo lo si deduce dai negozi all'interno l'Aberdeen Mall e dai tanti ristorantini sparsi per la via centrale. La nostra scelta è ricaduta su "Xiang Chian mansion", un ristorante specializzato nella cucina Hunan. Con una sola parola possiamo descrivere questa cena a dir poco particolare. Piccante. Molto molto piccante!
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    • Day 87

      Halloween in Vancouver

      October 31, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C

      Die Zeit bei den Baers ging vorbei und die Rocky's riefen nach mir, doch mein Zug ging erst am nächsten Tag von Vancouver, weshalb mich Hans zur mall brachte, wo ich in den Bus stieg. Vereinzelt sah ich schon verkleidete Leute. Das beste bisher war ein etwas fülliger Mann als Schneewittchen. In Vancouver angekommen, stand ich nach 5min laufen, vor einem süßen Haus in einer ruhigeren Straße. Ich klingelte und Aaron, ein Mitbewohner von Stefan, einem Sohn der Baers, machte mir auf. Er zeigte mir das Gästezimmer, das Bad und die Küche und wir quatschten eine Weile. Ich packte meine Wasserflasche und die Bananenbrotstücke von Karin ein und machte mich auf Erkundungstour, da Aaron zur Uni musste. Die Sonne lachte mich an und ich schlenderte durch den Queen Elizabeth Park. Auf einer Bank vor einem See machte ich Mittagspause. Anschließend erkundete ich weiter den Park, guckte kurz ins Tropenhaus auf dem Berg, sah über die Stadt und bewunderte die Farben in der Sonne. Ich machte mich auf den Weg zum botanischen Garten, wollte dann aber keinen Eintritt bezahlen und hatte noch vor in einen thrift shop zu gehen, um nach einem Schneeanzug zu gucken. Deshalb lief ich zur Oakridge mall, wo ich erstmal WLAN genoss und nach thrift Shops und Halloween Veranstaltung guckte. Ich holte mir noch einen Apfel und ging dann zur main Street in einen Thrift Shop. Leider hatten sie keinen Anzug und keine Jacken, die dick genug wären. Ich schlenderte ein wenig die Straße hoch und runter, telefonierte dann mit Steffan, wann er zu Hause sein würde und kaufte mir eine heiße Gemüsesuppe. Außerdem holte ich eine riesen Birne und Bananenbrownies, die aus 100% Banane bestehen, ein kleines Stück ist eine Banane. Irgendwie gruselig, wollte es Mal probieren. Schmeckt übertrieben nach Banane und macht ziemlich voll, hat aber eine total komisch gummige Konsistenz.
      Bei Stefan quatschten wir eine Weile, bis er mich zu seinem Mitbewohner Jeff schickte, der 5 min entfernt auf einer Party war. Also lief ich zu einer wildfremden Party und wurde total herzlich begrüßt. Ich quatschte mir diversen Leuten, aus Frankfurt, China, Amerika. Ein paar waren verkleidet, es lief Musik und es gab Tacos. Auch eine Jungs WG, die jeden Donnerstag Leute von ihrer Kirche zum Taco Essen einlädt. Alle mitte- Ende 20. Jeff musste nach ca einer Std weiter, ich blieb jedoch noch.
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    • Day 42

      42. Vancouver (Part 4)

      September 25, 2023 in Canada ⋅ 🌧 15 °C

      As announced, a storm hit the west coast of Canada, making it a rainy day. Drived 1 hour to the Greater Vancouver Zoo. This zoo had a great mix of exotic and canadian animals. After that, returned to the Vancouver Airport, where I had to say goodbye to my KIA.

      Made 7.900 km through west canada and the KIA had done a great job! More so, that a lot of the official roads only were gravel paths 😅

      Returned with the skytrain to the city, where I visited the Olympic Village Square. After a hike along the BC Place stadium and Gastown, I returned to my guest house.

      During the energy crisis, a lot of people were complaining about shuting down the lights in the night. In Canada and even here in the suburbs of Vancouver it's the same, but you can't complain as there aren't even street lightings 😂 So, no option to return later at home, more so as every street looks the same and it still was raining. Stopped on my way at a chinese shopping market, where globalization hit me once again. Even that Vancouver has a big asian community, I don't understand why they have to buy the same products or even brands with chinese logos or made in china. Don't get it.
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    • Day 41

      41. Nanaimo to Vancouver

      September 24, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

      After a nice breakfast made by the older friendly lady, I visited the Neck Point Park. There were some nice views and guess what - I saw again some humpback whales. I knew that they are very common around Vancouver Island, but didn't know that I could see them everywhere - if I had known this before, I could have saved myself the first whale watching tour (day 28) where I saw the humpacks only from the distance 😅
      The park is said to have a gnome colony, thus the small doors on some trees. It's the work of an older guy living in Nainoma, who did this for the kids.

      After that, I hiked to the so-callled "abyss". Extension Ridge is known locally as ‘The Abyss’ because of a 16″ earthquake fissure found there. Although not much is known about this large crack in the earth, there is speculation that it could be a result of a collapsed mine tunnel that was triggered by an earthquake. To date there is no information about how deep the crack is.

      After a visit of the town center of Nanaimo with its harbour, I headed to the Petroglyph Provincial Park, where you can find some prehistoric sandstone rock carvings done by First Nations people more than 1000 years ago.

      I took finally the ferry at Duke Point back to Tsawwassen (day 25) and drived to Vancouver. There, I wanted to visit the Richmond Night Market to get some flashbacks from my 2018er China trip, however the market was closed due to the rain and announced coming storm. So I ended up check in my guesthouse in Vancouver. It's however another guest house where I gonna stay for the next three days as at the start of my trip.
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    • Day 2

      2. Vancouver (Part 2)

      August 16, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

      Today, I visited the Stanley Park with the famous Vancouver Aquarium. There, I saw for the first time sea otters - hopefully I will see them later in the wilderness, too. Beside them, the aquarium showed a lot of tropical fishes, seals, sea lions, amphibians, etc. After that, I took a bike ride to discover the Stanley Park Seawall. So many beautiful views! Saw some watee birds and even harbour seals. The day ended with a scenic flight over Vancouver with a water plane. Amazing views, even though the takeoff and landing in water was not so spectacular as i thought.Read more

    • Day 1

      1. Vancouver (Part 1)

      August 15, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

      Arrived finally after a nearly 10-hour (and a short stop in Paris after starting in Luxembourg) flight in Vancouver. 26° C ☀️ and after checking in my little Guesthouse, took a Hop-on Hop-off City Trip including Vancouver Lookout, Granville Island and Gastown with the famous steam clock.Read more

    • Day 19

      Einzug in ein neues Leben mit Badewanne

      September 18, 2020 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

      Heute war Wohnungstausch. Gegen 12 Uhr zogen wir mit unseren riesigen Rucksäcken zur Bushaltestelle. Ich hatte heute ein bisschen Mühe nicht nach hinten umzukippen, dadurch wir noch mit unseren restlichen Essensrestern wie Mehl, Zucker, Salz, Reis etc. beladen waren. Die Busfahrt war wie ein Ritt in der Hölle, welcher dann Gott sei Dank, nach 20 Minuten beendet war. Nach eine viertel Stunde Fussmarsch war es dann geschafft und wir standen vor unserem neuen Zuhause für die nächsten vier Wochen. Um 13 Uhr gingen wir rein und ich war schon ganz schön aufgeregt, weil ich bereits 13.30Uhr einen Termin für ein Onlinebewerbungsgespräch hatte. Schnell alle Sachen in den begehbaren Kleiderschrank gepackt und vor den PC gesetzt. Nach 20 Minuten war es schon wieder vorbei und ich war sehr unzufrieden mit meinem englischen Gestammel. Aber ich hab den Job und werde Mitte November im Skiresort Whistler als Verkäufer / Verleiher arbeiten. Bis dahin muss mit meinem Englisch aber noch aller Hand passieren. Dann hatten wir erstmal Zeit alles in Ruhe anzuschauen. Gegenüber unserer letzten Unterkunft, ein Palast, welcher auch relativ sauber ist. Die Badewanne hat sogar eine Whirlpoolfunktion😏😏😏 Der ganze Spaß kostet allerdings auch 1125,00€ für 4 Wochen, ein Raum mit eigenen Bad, zwei Betten und einen Kleiderschrank wo man reingehen kann. Das war das günstigste was wir finden konnten. Ansonsten haben wir es ruhig angehen lassen. Nochmal Einkaufen und Muskelkater auskurieren. 🙃Read more

    • Day 115

      Vancouver BC

      September 20, 2017 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

      A first visit of two trips to Vancouver. Just one night here at Julia's. There were quite a few rules to the airbnb but we didn't mind as we had been on the move for nearly 3 weeks and after heading to the mall for some fast food we headed back to the airbnb for some much needed sleep. We saw the amazing glow of the sunset on our way back and are excited for future sunsets on Vancouver Island!Read more

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