Berichte von 07/2016

Vancouver the 3rd!

Dienstag, 12.07.2016

I'm just always ending up being back in Vancouver! laughing
This time I came back for the Canada Day and to see my friends again.
Canada Day in Vancouver was awesome! It's so amazing how proud the Canadians are for their country! There was a big festivals at Canada Place and downtown. A lot of music, food trucks, stuff to buy, shows and in the evening there was a firework! I spent the day with 2 friends and just enjoyed being there :)
Val and me :) Firework

This time I stayed in Vancouver for 2 weeks. It already feels like home here! I spent a lot of time riding my bike around Vancouver, went hiking, met some germans, went to a few festivals and all together just really enjoyed my time here!

Litte crew :D Best sushi in Vancouver!!! Hiking the Grouse Mountain - one hour upstairs! Nice workout :) Grizzly bear on top of the grouse mountain. Kathsilano Street Party! Yes we are having fun! :D

Tofino

Dienstag, 12.07.2016

What happens if you don't write your blog regularly? You forgot what you did! So I remember I've been to Tofino and it's a pretty nice litte town. If you're into water sports you can have a great time there. But you need a lot of money for that! Tofino is crazy expensive! You can do a lot of stuff like stand up paddling, kajaking, whale watching and so on, but I couldn't afford doing all that. So I did what I'm best in and what's for free: Biking! laughing The area around Tofino is nice to see. But I only spent two days there and it was enough for me.
Tofino Beach Beautiful sunset :)

One evening we went to the Tofino Brewing Company and had a little beer tasting! That was funny!

Beer Tasting ;)

So all together, I had a nice time in Tofino!
Oh and the directions to the Hostel were nice: "Go west to the end of Canada, then turn left!" laughing

Bike Tour Victoria - Nanaimo (Rotary Route)

Samstag, 02.07.2016

After staying one week in Victoria I really wanted to see something more of the Island. And of course there is no better way then exploring the area with my bike! I heard of the Rotary Route (Victoria - Nanaimo) and decided pretty fast that I want to do that! This route (from my Hostel in Victoria to my Hostel in Nanaimo) is approximately 120 km long, that would be my longest Bike Tour on one day! And I have to go back the whole way on the next day. But I was looking for a challenge and there it was!
Bike Tour

So I booked the Hostel in Nanaimo for one night, left all my stuff in the Hostel in Victoria and jumped Saturday morning at 6:30 on my bike! I was so motivated that I was pretty fast. After about one hour I had to catch a ferry and I made it to catch the first one at 7:30!
Little Ferry Trip

The guy who was working on the ferry asked me where I'm going today, so I told him about my plans to bike to Nanaimo. He was more than surprised (apparently there are not a lot of girls from Germany doing that haha) and offered me coffee and tea. I just love these Canadians - they are all so friendly!
35 minutes later I jumped on my bike again and passed some really nice landscapes - some parts of the road where directly at the water, some in the middle of the forest, some in little towns...

Way to Nanaimo Way to Nanaimo
I had a lot of fun the first hours, unfortunately (what I didn't know before) this route is all the way uphill and downhill. That really kills you! It started to get really exhausting, but because I'm getting really competitive as soon as I'm on my bike I just kept going as fast as possible laughing

When I finally arrived in Nanaimo at about 2:30pm I was more than happy! The first thing I did in Nanaimo was jumping in my bed haha! There were 2 girls in my room and they asked me if I want to join them on a multi-cultural festival. My legs yelled at me that they don't want to move any more but my stomach yelled even louder that he needs food. So I tried to move my body out the bed again and walked to the festival with the others. I was so raddeld! So we went to the first food truck and as I just ordered my food there was an guy next to me saying he would like to pay for my food laughing First I refused it but he really wanted to do it so I gave in. The foodlady was smiling, looked at me and said she thinks that I need a more rice and gave me an extra big portion! laughing That was the next example that Canadians are just awesome!

Happy after the food! :D

After eating I felt even more tired so I went back to the Hostel and had a little nap for a few hours. Then I forced myself to get up again and walk around the city so that I see at least a little bit from Nanaimo. The area around the harbour was really nice!

Harbour Nanaimo Made it to Nanaimo!! :)

In the evening I went to bed pretty early because I wanted to leave Nanaimo on the next morning at 6:30 again. My body felt so sore in the morning but I had no other opportunity than getting back on my bike.
The weather on Sunday was way better than on Saturday and so I had even more fun! Because I knew where I had to go, I was also faster on my way back. Unfortunately I missed the ferry and Mill Bay because I didn't check the schedule and so I had to wait for 2.5 hours! So I had to lay at the water and wait for the ferry. I wanted to cool my legs a little bit so I walked in the water but the whole ground was full of crabs! So I was pretty fast out of the water again laughing

Waiting for the ferry... Crabs!!!

When I finally arrived back in Victoria I was physically dead but happy! I made 240km in 2 days with a 50$ bike! laughing