Blog ausgesetzt

Aufgrund unvorhersehbarer Ereignisse mussten wir unseren Aufenthalt in Vancouver vorzeitig beenden. Deshalb wird dieses Blog bis auf weiteres nicht fortgeführt.

Open House at the Olympic Village Vancouver

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Dagmar`s work: Don`t trash your food campaign

Sunset at Heritage Harbour

Janes Walk 2010: The History of Coal Harbour

View from the cityhall rooftop

Shadow of the seagull

Canadian baby geese

Emily Carr semester end exhibition

Japandroids @ Lifetime Collective April 30, 2010

Great live performance by this two-men only band.
http://www.myspace.com/japandroids

Salt Tasting Room

Dagmar's coworker Mia celebrated her farewell from Vancouver at the Salt Tasting Room in Gastown which offers an intriguing concept: You get a selection of three cheese and meat choices and three complements. If you wish, the waiters will also select three wine tastings that match your choice of cheese and meat. It's all set in an stylish urban setting, neat.


















http://www.salttastingroom.com/

Orienteering in Burnaby

Although orienteering (Orientierungslauf) was big in Switzerland, especially at ETH, we first tried it in Vancouver. Actually, in Burnaby, Central Park. Burnaby is more of a suburb as you can see in the photo - interesting for urban designers!

People, Pixels and Planning Conference in Castlegar, March 5th

I was invited to the People, Pixels and Planning Conference in Castlegar and after an excellent workshop, I was glad to have a full day with glorious sunshine for sightseeing. Castlegar was founded by the Doukhobor, a Russian Christian sect that had been exiled from Russia. A museum and some Borscht on local menus are still reminders of that history:

Lonely Planet says that Castlegar was primarily known as "Highway junction 3 and 3A" and upper and lower downtown centres are still a bit of a reminder of that history:

On Saturday, I also got to see the neighbouring city of Nelson which is more famous for its coffee-culture and local arts.

Sotchi 2014

From the Russian House - Sotchi 2014 model

Considering that a dodgy oil company and Volkswagen will be major sponsors of the Sotchi Olympics, Vancouver 2010 will really be the Greenest Games ever (for a while...)

Kruzenshtern

Promoting Sotchi 2014, the Russian government sent the Kruzenshtern bark to Vancouver as well.

Olympic Flame

Is it a prison camp? NO - It`s the Olympic Flame!

Dagmar volunteering

Dagmar has an even much more intense experience of Vancouver 2010, up in Whistler close to the athletes. Here a first photo:

in the streets

The atmosphere in Vancouver is amazing, nobody had expected such crowds crumbling through the streets every day, day and night.

Cultural Olympics

Street Performances




















Deadbeat live @ Code 9






















































Code 9 Exhibition





















Dave and his bands rocking The Vogue
The Arbutus Collective




















Broken Falls Community Hall Band

Hockey Czech Republic VS Slovakia

Kick-off



















Is that Putin?

Dress Rehearsal (Generalprobe)

In eigener Sache

Wie die meisten Leserinnen und Leser dieses Blogs vermutlich schon wissen, haben wir die Möglichkeit erhalten, noch ein weiteres Jahr in Vancouver zu verbringen. Den Januar über haben wir uns erstmal wieder eingelebt und es ist nicht viel Berichtenswertes passiert. Mit dem Beginn der Olympiade hat sich das aber gewaltig geändert, denn in diesen zwei Februarwochen ist so viel los dass wir überhaupt keine Zeit mehr hatten, hier im Blog davon zu schreiben. Bitte entschuldigt daher die längere Pause - ab jetzt gibt es wieder öfter Fotos und auch die eine oder andere Geschichte.