Wonderful Whales
What a mind-blowing experience: We saw our first whales! No planning was needed: We just walked on a beach, and suddenly they appeared. So we observed two humpback whales from shore for more than an hour, a mother and her calf. This day had some more spectacular sightings to offer: Botanical Beach with its unique…
Canada Day, The 2nd
Another happy Canada Day – our second ✌️ – even if it was totally different from last year, due to Covid-19. Thank you Canada for welcoming us so warmly … Pusby likes the hat, too.
Vancouver Island From Above
Stunning views on today’s hike at Gowlland Tod Park. We have to share them with you:
Dream On
365 days, or 525.600 minutes (… and you can do the math for the seconds): That’s how long we have been living in Canada now. Exactly one year ago we arrived at the Vancouver International Airport, with three backpacks, one carry-on suitcase and our documents to become Permanent Residents. We knew we wanted to live…
Happy House
How lovely it is to live by the ocean – we still are in constant awe. It takes us just a few minutes to reach one of many beaches, we just have to decide which one to choose. This week we picked the following two – and discovered that sunsets are breathtaking in this part…
Knock, Knock, Trick Or Treat
On a dark, cold night at the end of October there were some strange sightings in the small town of Sooke, B.C. Some people caught a glimpse of a huge furry animal – but not a bear. It seemed to be a crazy laughing cat whose name is Cat … but with a hat?! Others…
Wunderbar
Thanksgiving is the day when Canadians (and Americans in fact, although on a different day) are celebrating the harvest and other blessings of the past year. Well, at our first Thanksgiving in Canada, we did the same: We were thankful, we were grateful. How lucky we have been these past twelve months. What a ride it has…
Electricity
Unsere Woche war elektrisch – in mehrfacher Hinsicht. Es ging um technische Upgrades, Nervenkitzel inklusive. Aber hey, wir wohnen auf einer entspannten Insel. Wenn es mal zu aufregend sein sollte (dazu gleich mehr), dann geht man eben zum Meer und schaut Robben beim Spielen und der Sonne beim Untergehen zu. Hard not to have a…
Ocean
Manchmal müssen wir uns kneifen. Ist es wirklich wahr? Sind wir wirklich hier, in British Columbia? Leben wir tatsächlich auf Vancouver Island, auf dieser Insel mit der atemberaubenden Natur? Dann und wann fühlt es sich an, als seien wir in einer Art Paradies gelandet. Und wir müssen es noch nicht einmal nach zwei bis drei…
Precious
Was haben wir für ein Glück – in das in so vielerlei Hinsicht: Wir leben in einem wunderschönen Teil der Welt. Wir sind hier willkommen. Wir erleben die Auswirkungen des Klimawandels hier noch nicht. Wir leben nicht in einer totalitären Welt wie in Gilead aus Margaret Atwoods „Handmaid’s Tale“. Und genau von diesen Themen war…