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Sunny afternoon at the beach

Sunday, May 17th, 2009

Just a short post to brag: today Chrissi got off work early, so we went down to Jericho beach.  It was hot, sunny, and the view out on the bay with the sail boats framed by snow capped mountains was (to say it in Canadian) awsome!

Sasamat lake

Saturday, May 16th, 2009

Yesterday we went out with Kathrin (a frisbee playing friend from Munich with a connection to Vancouver) to Sasamat lake for a small hike.  Actually it wasn’t so far, and a very leasurly pace, but a nice walk all the same.  The lake looks like it’s a popular family escape from the city in the [...]

Brewing beer

Friday, May 8th, 2009

It all started in the first weeks here, when we were still under shock at the price of beer here. We were walking down Broadway, and I had been thinking about how my dad used to brew his own beer. Back then I was still too young to drink it, but I did learn from [...]

Rained out of Big White

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

Easter weekend we went up to Big White (about 400km East of Vancouver) with Giom and Nadia.  It was a nice weekend, but we didn’t have so much luck with the weather…  Saturday we went on the piste, but the weather was only half ok – some snow and hail, and some clear spells between.  [...]