Archive for the ‘Travel’ Category

Greetings from Denali!

Saturday, July 11th, 2009

A short note from Denali. We’re having fun, the weather’s been fantastic the whole trip, and we’ve seen just about every wild animal Alaska has to offer (whales, porpoises, moose, caribu, lots of eagles and falcons, …) and even a close encounter with a grizzly at our camp! We haven’t found any gold yet though… [...]

Comparison test: Primus OmniFuel and Optimus Nova+

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

I love cooking.  I love fire.  I love camping… so you can imagine how I feel about camping stoves!  I first used a petrol camping stove when I was about 14 on a two week canoeing trip in Germany and was so impressed at the power and how long they lasted on one (cheap!) filling [...]

English Bay and Grouse Mountain

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

Last Thursday and Friday we had lovely weather, and Chrissi had her two days off – we had a nice time of it!  On Thursday we went down to the beach just below Burrard bridge, had a burger at a promenade vendor, sat in the sand and took photos for my film project (more on [...]

Canada and Germany are great because…

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

In case you missed it, we’ve made a (bilingual!) page (<– click here, or look on the pages links in the right hand navigation bar!) with the many things which we find great about Germany, and Canada – in comparison to each other.  Which is greater?  Only time will tell!