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Haight Street and Fisherman’s Wharf
On September - 1 - 2008
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Seeing the redwoods
On August - 30 - 2008
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Finally San Francisco
On August - 27 - 2008
Finally after about 26 hours with the Greyhound bus from Vancouver I arrived in San Francisco. The Greyhound ride was very harsh. Could almost not sleep. I had to change the bus twice in Seattle and Sacramento. The customs were not really friendly but I had the feeling before. They took fingerprints.
accommodation is very rare at this time of the year in San Francisco so I tried first time the “Couchsurfing”. Sort of special experience. I did not know what to expect but I really wanted to move on and leave Vancouver. So my host Dave picked me up and also later some other couchsurfers from Eastern Europe. I did a bike trip with him over the Golden Gate Bridge and back and to Baker beach. Later Dave said that there is every Wednesday a couchsurfing evening at a bar because San Francisco has a quite big couchsurfing community. So we went there and met lots of other hosts and travelers. The night was very mild and unexpected for San Francisco there was no fog so Dave showed us the city at night from the twin peeks view point. It was beautiful.
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The Grouse Mountain hike
On August - 25 - 2008
My friends Chelisse and Jerone and I went today to Grouse mountain to hike up the top for the best view over Vancouver on my last day here. It was a beautiful last day. The sun was shining no rain at all. It actually took us 3 hours to climb the top because we decides for the longer walk but it was worth it. Read the rest of this entry »
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One day in Stanley Park
On August - 22 - 2008
They say the most popular attraction of Vancouver is Stanley Park. And yes – its beautiful. I’ve been there today with my friend Chelisse. We had awesome weather and blue sky. So we went for a nice walk under old massive trees. We went to the totem pols and did lots of fun photos. I really enjoyed it. At the Stanley Park is also the aquarium and I might go there too… Read the rest of this entry »
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Hiking in the woods
On August - 18 - 2008
Today Scott was so kind and showed me around a place where he was often as a kid. Its a place in the forest near Sooke. Its beautiful. We did a walk up the hill and then down to the river. It was sometimes a little challenge because there was no proper way and we went through wilderness but that’s what I like sometimes. At the end chrystal clear water awaits us but it was freezing because it comes directly out of the near mountains… There was a cliff too where kids were jumping of. I didn’t. Forgot to bring my bikini and also don’t know if I had enough courage…. This is basically what I wanted to see… I love those wild forests. And I had a great day and good company. Read the rest of this entry »
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The CN Tower in Toronto
On August - 12 - 2008
On my last day in Toronto I went on the CN Tower. Once the tallest building on the world the tower is one of the national icons of Canada. I had to wait about an hour for going up and later agin few minutes for the second platform. The view was quite nice but to be honest its not really worth it.
“The CN Tower, located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is a communications and tourist tower standing 553.33 metres (1,815.39 ft) tall. It surpassed the height of the Ostankino Tower while still under construction in 1975, becoming the tallest free-standing structure on land in the world. On September 12, 2007, after holding the record for 31 years, the CN tower was surpassed in height by the still-under-construction Burj Dubai. It remains the tallest free-standing structure in the Americas and the signature icon of Toronto’s skyline, attracting more than two million international visitors annually.
CN originally referred to Canadian National, the railway company that built the tower. Following the railway’s decision to divest non-core freight railway assets, prior to the company’s privatization in 1995 it transferred the tower to the Canada Lands Company, a federal Crown corporation responsible for real estate development. Since local residents wished to retain the name CN Tower, the abbreviation is now said to expand to Canada’s National Tower rather than the original Canadian National Tower; however, neither of these are commonly used.
In 1995, the CN Tower was declared one of the modern Seven Wonders of the World by the American Society of Civil Engineers. It also belongs to the World Federation of Great Towers.”
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CN_Tower)
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The Jazz Festival
On July - 26 - 2008
The weather on this Friday was sunny so Mark and I decided to go to the Beaches Jazz Festival. There is lots going on and we went to walk on the street where all the different bands were playing. It was lots of fun and good music.
Before that we had spend a few hours at the beach of lake Ontario.
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