Mittwoch, 31. August 2011
Wreck Beach and home party at Granville/Broadway
canadiantour, 08:02h
Aug 29 (Monday)
I got up at 4.30 am (!) to get to work for morning shift at 06 am. What, however, happened when I got there? They told me that I dont have to work at all! These unreliable folks of Canadians didnt send me the schedule and told me last week to be in the office at 6 am on Monday. As they changed the schedule but didnt send it to me, i didnt know that of course... so I went home and to bed again x) and slept a bit more from 7.30 till 09.00 am.
Actually I wanted to relax a bit on Wreck Beach this day, the weather wasnt THAT good for it, however.
At around noon Steffi and I went to Delaney's to get (hopefully) her schedule for her first work days at this coffee shop. She was fortunately lucky! =)
We went to the SWAP office to get our SIN cards and headed then for the Greyhound Bus station to inform ourselves a bit about further travel possibilites (to Portland and Tofino, Van Island).
After that we werent sure at start what we should do next. We were just thinking about it, standing at the skytrain station, when someone dropped his bag close to us and spoke to us in German...
It took me a few seconds to realize who it was. It was Malte, a guy from Germany with whom Steffi and I had contact for a long time already. It has already been in Canada since mid-June.
Steffi and I were invited to a „party“ at 7 pm and we arranged that Malte just came with us.
He took off to get settled in Samesun and Steffi and I decided to go to Wreck Beach despite the cool weather - just to have a look at the beach which is supposed to be very beautiful.
We took the sky-train to downtown and then the UBC-bus to UBC (University of British Columbia). A 10-minute walk and we were down at Wreck Beach, which was a really nice place.
We didnt go swimming, though, just relaxing and listening to music in the few sun rays =)
At around 5.30 pm we went back and met Malte at Granville/Broadway, where the home party was supposed to be. I was invited by Andy and Pierre, two guys i met during fundraising for UNICEF.
At their place there were a lot of other people (mainly francophone) to get to know. They were cooking dinner for us. As we were more people than they have expected, however, it took them quite long to get enough food for all of us... so dinner wasnt ready until 10 pm x) . When it was finally ready, however, it was great: Vegetarian Quiche, lentils, ratatouille and pan-fried bananas – delicious =D
It was a really nice evening with lots of good talks and –
We went home at around 11 pm and arrived finally there somewhen around midnight. Thank god that I dont have to get up at 4 am again next day xD
I got up at 4.30 am (!) to get to work for morning shift at 06 am. What, however, happened when I got there? They told me that I dont have to work at all! These unreliable folks of Canadians didnt send me the schedule and told me last week to be in the office at 6 am on Monday. As they changed the schedule but didnt send it to me, i didnt know that of course... so I went home and to bed again x) and slept a bit more from 7.30 till 09.00 am.
Actually I wanted to relax a bit on Wreck Beach this day, the weather wasnt THAT good for it, however.
At around noon Steffi and I went to Delaney's to get (hopefully) her schedule for her first work days at this coffee shop. She was fortunately lucky! =)
We went to the SWAP office to get our SIN cards and headed then for the Greyhound Bus station to inform ourselves a bit about further travel possibilites (to Portland and Tofino, Van Island).
After that we werent sure at start what we should do next. We were just thinking about it, standing at the skytrain station, when someone dropped his bag close to us and spoke to us in German...
It took me a few seconds to realize who it was. It was Malte, a guy from Germany with whom Steffi and I had contact for a long time already. It has already been in Canada since mid-June.
Steffi and I were invited to a „party“ at 7 pm and we arranged that Malte just came with us.
He took off to get settled in Samesun and Steffi and I decided to go to Wreck Beach despite the cool weather - just to have a look at the beach which is supposed to be very beautiful.
We took the sky-train to downtown and then the UBC-bus to UBC (University of British Columbia). A 10-minute walk and we were down at Wreck Beach, which was a really nice place.
We didnt go swimming, though, just relaxing and listening to music in the few sun rays =)
At around 5.30 pm we went back and met Malte at Granville/Broadway, where the home party was supposed to be. I was invited by Andy and Pierre, two guys i met during fundraising for UNICEF.
At their place there were a lot of other people (mainly francophone) to get to know. They were cooking dinner for us. As we were more people than they have expected, however, it took them quite long to get enough food for all of us... so dinner wasnt ready until 10 pm x) . When it was finally ready, however, it was great: Vegetarian Quiche, lentils, ratatouille and pan-fried bananas – delicious =D
It was a really nice evening with lots of good talks and –
We went home at around 11 pm and arrived finally there somewhen around midnight. Thank god that I dont have to get up at 4 am again next day xD
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Grouse Mountain
canadiantour, 08:00h
Aug 28 (Sunday)
We slept long that day, just relaxing and doing some internet stuff ^^ time passed by very quickly so that it happened to be already 2 pm when we finally set off for the bus station, going first to Londsdale Quay and then to Grouse Mountain.
At around 4.30 pm we started our torture up the way to the peak of Grouse Mountain =P it was so hot and therefore even more tiring and exhausting. I really felt like an old woman ^^ heart throbbing heart against chest, panting heavily and feeling as if i am about to faint somehow. But Steffi and I managed it brillantly =D Its about 3 km the steapest way/stairs i have ever seen to the peak. It took us between 1,5 and 2 hours to get there. I heard about a record of about 21 minutes... ^^ so we definitely have to improve =P ^^
The view was overwhelming, the climb up was really worth it. Unfortunately we missed all the shows which are usually offered on the peak. At least we saw one of the two orphaned bears, living in a huge compound (very similiar to their natural habitat), however. We were just sitting in the peak-chair )for free), going to the very top of Grouse Mountain, when we spottet the bear somewhere bejond us. And we saw a chipmunk as well =D =) So cute and much tinier than I thought they to be.
At around 8 am we took the gondola (10 dollars) back to the ground and the bus back at home. We cooked some midnight dinner and took a shower. I finally went to bed at around 1.00 am.
We slept long that day, just relaxing and doing some internet stuff ^^ time passed by very quickly so that it happened to be already 2 pm when we finally set off for the bus station, going first to Londsdale Quay and then to Grouse Mountain.
At around 4.30 pm we started our torture up the way to the peak of Grouse Mountain =P it was so hot and therefore even more tiring and exhausting. I really felt like an old woman ^^ heart throbbing heart against chest, panting heavily and feeling as if i am about to faint somehow. But Steffi and I managed it brillantly =D Its about 3 km the steapest way/stairs i have ever seen to the peak. It took us between 1,5 and 2 hours to get there. I heard about a record of about 21 minutes... ^^ so we definitely have to improve =P ^^
The view was overwhelming, the climb up was really worth it. Unfortunately we missed all the shows which are usually offered on the peak. At least we saw one of the two orphaned bears, living in a huge compound (very similiar to their natural habitat), however. We were just sitting in the peak-chair )for free), going to the very top of Grouse Mountain, when we spottet the bear somewhere bejond us. And we saw a chipmunk as well =D =) So cute and much tinier than I thought they to be.
At around 8 am we took the gondola (10 dollars) back to the ground and the bus back at home. We cooked some midnight dinner and took a shower. I finally went to bed at around 1.00 am.
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Grouse Mountain
canadiantour, 07:39h
Aug 28 (Sunday)
We slept long that day, just relaxing and doing some internet stuff ^^ time passed by very quickly so that it happened to be already 2 pm when we finally set off for the bus station, going first to Londsdale Quay and then to Grouse Mountain.
At around 4.30 pm we started our torture up the way to the peak of Grouse Mountain =P it was so hot and therefore even more tiring and exhausting. I really felt like an old woman ^^ heart throbbing heart against chest, panting heavily and feeling as if i am about to faint somehow. But Steffi and I managed it brillantly =D Its about 3 km the steapest way/stairs i have ever seen to the peak. It took us between 1,5 and 2 hours to get there. I heard about a record of about 21 minutes... ^^ so we definitely have to improve =P ^^
The view was overwhelming, the climb up was really worth it. Unfortunately we missed all the shows which are usually offered on the peak. At least we saw one of the two orphaned bears, living in a huge compound (very similiar to their natural habitat), however. We were just sitting in the peak-chair )for free), going to the very top of Grouse Mountain, when we spottet the bear somewhere bejond us. And we saw a chipmunk as well =D =) So cute and much tinier than I thought they to be.
At around 8 am we took the gondola (10 dollars) back to the ground and the bus back at home. We cooked some midnight dinner and took a shower. I finally went to bed at around 1.00 am.
We slept long that day, just relaxing and doing some internet stuff ^^ time passed by very quickly so that it happened to be already 2 pm when we finally set off for the bus station, going first to Londsdale Quay and then to Grouse Mountain.
At around 4.30 pm we started our torture up the way to the peak of Grouse Mountain =P it was so hot and therefore even more tiring and exhausting. I really felt like an old woman ^^ heart throbbing heart against chest, panting heavily and feeling as if i am about to faint somehow. But Steffi and I managed it brillantly =D Its about 3 km the steapest way/stairs i have ever seen to the peak. It took us between 1,5 and 2 hours to get there. I heard about a record of about 21 minutes... ^^ so we definitely have to improve =P ^^
The view was overwhelming, the climb up was really worth it. Unfortunately we missed all the shows which are usually offered on the peak. At least we saw one of the two orphaned bears, living in a huge compound (very similiar to their natural habitat), however. We were just sitting in the peak-chair )for free), going to the very top of Grouse Mountain, when we spottet the bear somewhere bejond us. And we saw a chipmunk as well =D =) So cute and much tinier than I thought they to be.
At around 8 am we took the gondola (10 dollars) back to the ground and the bus back at home. We cooked some midnight dinner and took a shower. I finally went to bed at around 1.00 am.
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