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Traveler CANADA and ALASKA 2018
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- May 10, 2018, 8:08am
- ☀️ 11 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Canada British Columbia West End Vancouver Harbour SPB 49.28964, -123.107649°17’23” N 123°6’27” W
Day 17
SKAGWAY - GLACIER BAY
May 10, 2018 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
10th May Thursday woke 7:00 am, 4 degree Celsius very foggy,poor visibility then seal came right up to ship raised its head, gorgeous it's eyes were staring up at us no time for photo. Cruised Glacier Bay to Margarine Glacier - awesome,seagulls,seals,brown bear,whales. Spent most of morning on deck, needed thermal's,Parker,gloves,beanie and boots. Hot tub before gala night.surf 'n' turf steak and lobster tail. After dinner we went to Blues Band and duo piano players. Back in cabin rock n and rolling with the ship.Read more
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Traveler CANADA and ALASKA 2018
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- May 13, 2018, 11:08am
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Altitude: 18 m
- Canada British Columbia West End Vancouver Harbour SPB 49.28744, -123.1132649°17’15” N 123°6’48” W
Day 20
ARRIVAL VANCOUVER
May 13, 2018 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Sunday 13th May majestic Alaskan cruise ends. Arrived at Water Front Hotel 10:30am. Getting off ship bedlam 3 ship in port at once not normal. Luggage stowed on coach until 7:15pm when we were picked up at Water Front Hotel and transfered to airport for flight to Sydney. Last day in Canada walked to Gastown went shopping for last time, had lunch at The Old Spaghetti Factory and savoured our last long Island ice tea. While having ice coffee at Starbucks guy turns up with his push-bike kept us entertained until coach arrived to take us to Vancouver BC,Canada airport. Flight left at 23:50 for Australia.Read more
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Traveler Pacific Northwest and Alaska
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- Sep 6, 2018, 4:30pm
- ☀️ 25 °C
- Altitude: 25 m
- Canada British Columbia West End Vancouver Harbour SPB 49.288803, -123.11251149°17’20” N 123°6’45” W
Day 4
Vancouver - some reflections
September 6, 2018 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
We sat on the cruise ship pier, admiring the Silverseas ship which was about to sail. An old timer struck up a conversation with us: Dennis Black is Vancouver born and bred and spends his time admiring the outdoors, and his indulgence is “cruising”.

So, we’ve got some insights to help us with the next week, and an urgent task to bring forward our travel in the morning to Seattle - he said enough about possible delays at the border to give us the wobbles. So, a phone call later, and we’re setting off on the 0530 bus - in Seattle by 0900.

We’d been wondering about the pile of yellow minerals across the harbour - “sulphur” he said - extracted from “sour” gas and oil (this making them sweet - and off to make fertiliser.

Here’s a take from a letter to the Yukon Times, about the yellow pile, from 2013:

https://www.yukon-news.com/letters-opinions/per…

Maybe tells a story...Read more
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Alaska 1
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- Sep 17, 2012
- ☀️ 68 °F
- Altitude: Sea level
- Canada British Columbia West End Vancouver Harbour SPB 49.289226, -123.10887249°17’21” N 123°6’32” W
Day 11
Journey's End
September 17, 2012 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F
On Monday September 17 I woke early to take some early morning pictures of the Vancouver sunrise. It was as beautiful as the sunrise on the first day of the cruise. Leaving the ship, our home for a week, was hard. The bus driver taking us to the Vancouver airport tried to be funny. We boarded our plane and set off for a bumpy flight to Chicago, and then on to Charlotte. Glenda’s mother picked us up at the airport, and we returned home to Asheboro about midnight.Read more
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Traveler Kanada
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- Jan 23, 2019, 12:00pm
- ☁️ 5 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Canada British Columbia West End Vancouver Harbour SPB 49.2893, -123.1087949°17’21” N 123°6’32” W
Day 5
Der erste Tag
January 23, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C
Nach einem entspannten Flug hat mich Vancouver mit strömenden Regen begrüßt. Elke musste noch arbeiten, aber hat mir den Weg ganz detailliert beschrieben. Gescheitert bin ich dann tatsächlich am Bus fahren. Eine Station habe ich gebraucht um herauszufinden, dass das wirklich meine Station ist und einen Stop-Knopf zu finden und die nächste Station dann um herauszufinden, wie ich die Tür auf bekomme. Drei Stationen weiter hab ich es dann endlich rausgeschafft und bin also zurück gelaufen. Tausend Dank an Simone für den Hinweis, wie oft dir dein Regenschirm auf der Weltreise den Arsch gerettet hat!! Obwohl ich in Deutschland schon echt lange keinen mehr benutzt habe, hatte ich ihn dabei. Und so kam ich also nur seminass bei Elke und Felix an.

Als Willkommens-Dinner gab es Burger :D Volltreffer! Dann haben wir noch eine Weile gequatscht und irgendwann bin ich dann todmüde ins Bett gefallen. War ja auch ein mega langer Tag.

Am Morgen wurde ich dann von strahlendem Sonnenschein geweckt :) Und ich habe mich in aller Seelenruhe fertig gemacht. Leider ein bisschen zu ruhig, denn bis ich dann in der Stadt war, hatte es sich schon wieder zu gezogen.

Vancouver selbst gehört ja zu den lebenswertesten Städten der Welt. Direkt zwischen dem Meer und den Bergen kann ich das bei schönem Wetter auch echt nachvollziehen. An einem grauen Wintertag bei 6° C wirkte es eher wie eine amerikanische Großstadt mit vielen Hochhäusern. Man merkt auch einfach, dass es kaum Geschichte gibt. Wir sind schon mega verwöhnt in Europa...Read more
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Traveler Canada & Alaska Summer 2019
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- Jul 16, 2019, 4:52pm
- ☁️ 22 °C
- Altitude: 12 m
- Canada British Columbia West End Vancouver Harbour SPB 49.2886, -123.1153149°17’19” N 123°6’55” W
Day 1
Vancouver by foot
July 16, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
After a 9 hour flight from Gatwick, we landed into a hot and sweaty Vancouver. The metro from the airport to our hotel was dead simple, and mercifully our hotel allowed us to check in when we arrived at 1pm, a full three hours before check in time, so we could dump our kit and shower. Before heading into town, we partook in the hotel bars "power hour", enjoying a couple of pints for $4. Suitably refreshed, we headed into town to suss out Vancouver.

We walked along the main east-west drag towards Stanley Park, before looping on to the picturesque harbour with sweeping mountains and million-dollar yachts. Just off the front, a crowd was watching a film crew - apparently the 5th series of Supergirl was being filmed, so we stayed to watch the brief scene. Continuing on foot to downtown proper, after a cheeky Tim Horton's, we watched a wacky Harry Potter tribute band outside the public library and wandered the shops.

Finally, we headed into the Gaslight district and Chinatown, stopping by the steam powered clock and fabulously tacky souvenir shops. We passed the statue of the founder of Vancouver, 'Gassy Jack', and the Chinatown gate on the way back, as well as a striking and saddening street crowded with homeless people.Read more
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Traveler North Pacific Passage
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- Aug 14, 2019, 6:00pm
- ⛅ 23 °C
- Altitude: 10 m
- Canada British Columbia West End Vancouver Harbour SPB 49.289861, -123.1094549°17’23” N 123°6’34” W
Day 7
Leaving Vancouver
August 14, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
We set sail at 6pm inching our way away from the terminal away from the city. The boat almost comes to a stop while a barge empties the rubbish from the ship. Then we are underway....past the sulphur loading, under the Lions Gate Bridge, past the North Vancouver shore and out to the Inside Passage.Read more
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Traveler Vancouver Area
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- Feb 2, 2015, 6:18pm
- 🌧 7 °C
- Altitude: 27 m
- Canada British Columbia West End Vancouver Harbour SPB 49.28278, -123.1153549°16’58” N 123°6’55” W
Day 3
Day 3: The hunt for classrooms, VAN
February 2, 2015 in Canada ⋅ 🌧 7 °C
At a day, which seemed equally stressful as it was successful, I somehow managed to get into class level Advanced, which turned out to be the highest of 8 levels at this school.

The result was certainly surprising and definitely a big boost for my ambitions to participate in the CPE certificate courses later this year. Went out to a bar to celebrate this with three guys from Ticino (this guy's looking exactly like Damian Lewis!!), Geneva and Munich and had a "peach wheat beer", which tasted weird. Because I couldn't stop celebrating, I went out to the Old Spaghetti Factory for dinner...again. (2nd and 3rd pic). :-)
(with: all new students of February 2nd)Read more
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Traveler Kanada 2023
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- Mar 13, 2023, 11:59pm
- ☀️ 10 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Canada British Columbia West End Vancouver Harbour SPB 49.289398, -123.11440349°17’22” N 123°6’52” W
Day 3
1 Tag Sprachschule
March 13, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
Mit dem buss durch die Mainstreet, dies ist die stasse mit viel obdachlosen und armut. Es war nicht so ein schönes Bild.
Doch ein paar strassen weiter beginnen die hochhäuser mit viel Glasverkleidung.
Nach ein paar wenigen Stunden in der sprachschule giengen wir an den Wasserflughafen und genossen ein kühles Bier bei toller aussicht .Read more
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Traveler Heia super machsch di das das isch de cool mit däm pinguin
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Traveler Mit wem bist du denn unterwegs? ;-)
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Traveler Ich war mit Lukas unterwegs er ist vom Thurgau und auch Landmaschinenmechaniker 😊
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Traveler Auslandssemester USA
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- Jan 9, 2018, 2:00pm
- ⛅ 7 °C
- Altitude: 14 m
- Canada British Columbia West End Vancouver Harbour SPB 49.282909, -123.10679649°16’58” N 123°6’24” W
Day 125
Gastown
January 9, 2018 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
Vom Canada Place ging es weiter zur nächsten Sehenswürdigkeit - das Gastown. Es ist die restaurierte Altstadt von Vancouver, die entlang der Water Street verläuft und im Zentrum Vancouvers liegt. Hier wurde angeblich das erste Haus Vancouvers 1867 von einem britischen Siedler gebaut.Read more
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