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 [...]
With 33.8 degrees, this Wednesday became the hottest day ever recorded in Vancouver! That may not seem so hot to many of you, but for Vancouver it was, and I was not a happy camper either (my comfort range is 10-22 degrees)… So… I got creative! We’re going to Burning Man this year, so I [...]
I was just on Granville Island having a beer with Wayne (visiting from Germany), when suddenly hundreds of naked cyclists came rolling by! A quick google back home and I found out that this is the yearly World Naked Bike Ride – a protest to “put a stop to the indecent exposure of people and [...]
Actually, we got our bikes back in February, but still – worth talking about! We got both of them at Our community bikes – mine for $150, and Chrissi got hers for $50 (plus a lock for $35!) – it’s a “SuperCycle”! Vancouver is a bike friendly city – not quite the way we’re used [...]