Archive for the ‘Outdoors’ Category

Snowboarding in Brauneck

Monday, January 18th, 2010

Weather forecast was dismal (rain and fog)… which meant hardly anybody went to Brauneck/Lenggries this Sunday.  Hardly anybody accept Lukas, Lina and I that is.  And when we got there, on the first gondola ride up, the sun broke through the clouds, and we enjoyed a great view all the way across the plains to [...]

Ice skating in Nymphenburg

Saturday, January 16th, 2010

No need for a long post – just click on the image there to see some pictures from a nice little outing we did today.  After over a week of sub-zero temperatures, the canals have frozen, and are full of people skittering around on ice skates and playing “ice stock sport” – a Bavarian equivalent [...]

Alaska roadtrip

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

After a few months, I’ve finally got round to putting together a selection of our Alaska photos online!  It’s too big of a story to write here… We saw whales, moose, bears, eagles, a wolf and lots more impressive wildlife We climbed mountains, walked on glaciers. We had great weather – it only rained one [...]

Mayne Island

Friday, August 21st, 2009

As a last trip before we leave, we went for 3 days to Mayne Island.  Mayne Island is one of the small Gulf Islands between BC and Vancouver Island, and a very pretty one it is!  We got the bus to Tsawwassen, the ferry over to the island, and then cycled the 2km from there [...]