Blogs from Canada, North America - page 1454

10/2 Today was designated as a rest and organising day. We have been so busy for a week now (and more in the weeks leading up) that we needed to catch our breath. For me today is also my first homesick day. The weather here is terrific (14 degrees), but there's not much to do today as we are organising our finances and travel for the next two weeks. I think it's also because it's Saturday at home which is my favourite day. On a lighter note I was appointed to a job starting at St Clere's teaching Maths from March 9th which is only ten minutes from where we are staying at Kez and Rod's. Bit surreal having a phone interview in Canada, and the other end of the phone is in the UK. 11/2 ... read more

An uneventful trip from Bangkok to Vancouver. It has re-enforced my my belief that it is the most beautiful city in Canada, though I have no desire to live here again. The view from the plane as we came in for landing was spectacular with the bays, farmland, mountains and the mighty Fraser River as a backdrop. We have spent 4 days here wandering the downtown. We discovered a walking/bike trail that follows the Skytrain from at least the Metrotown to Broadway Skytrain stations. A relief from walking the sidewalks along the main streets. We leave today for Halifax and then on to Shelbourne tomorrow to pick up Tuck. It has been a wonderful trip, one of our most enjoyable. ... read more

So, now it's already weekend again. Time really flies by.. I just don't want to count how many time is still left, it's just too little.. This week was just like most weeks, classes, sports (Actually, I also started playing squash here now, which is a lot of fun!! Ok, after the first time I had such sore muscles that I could barely walk the next day, but it's getting better :)), etc. The movie this Monday was a lot better than the last one, we've seen Kiss kiss bang bang, which I found really great. Wednesday we've been to the Battle of the Bands in Whiskey's, it was really nice to see some live music for a change, and most of the bands weren't bad at all! Thursday the Den, of course after standing in ... read more

Woke up and thankfully my ankle was feeling better. The swelling had come down a lot and thank god as it was my last day riding. Decided to go up Blackcomb. All my mates were working so unfortunately was riding on my own. But up there you just end up making friends with anyone. So i had been talking to this 20 year old kid who seemed to have fallen in love with me on the chairlift. He was just wierd, saying the most random things. Anyway i did one run with him and tried to lose him but i couldn't. Plan B - half an hour later i had to lie and say i was meeting a friend at the rendezvous restaurant, but that didn't work either as he just hung around. After something to ... read more

Jetzt bin ich wieder in Vancouver. In Golden habe ich noch ein paar Tage verbracht, weil der Schnee teilweise gar nicht schlecht war. Ausserdem haben sie dort eine Gondel, man braucht also beim rauffahren nicht frieren. Danach gings weiter nach Revelstoke, wo ein ganz furchtbar kleines Schigebiet ist, aber das Tagesticket kostet inklusive Uebernachtung 29 Dollar. Wer will sich da beschweren? Das ist retorisch gemeint, bitte keine Antworten! DasGebiet ist so klein, 1 Lift und ein paar Abfahrten, wies vom Preis her zu erwarten ist. Das waere auch nicht so schlimm, aber der Schnee war dermassen misserabel, total vereist und dann war auch noch ein Kinderrennen, dass man ewig am Lift anstehen musste, da bin ich gleich gestern nach Vancouver weitergefahren. Hier liegt jetzt auf den Hausbergen anstaendig Schnee, 3m auf dem Grouse mountain, wo ich ... read more