Japanese evening - 28.11.2008

My friend Chimie from Japan invited me over to her place for a "Japanese evening".
We had Matcha Tea, Kinkan which is a fruit, Surume which is dried squid, Sake and Green Tea.

here chimie heats up the Surume

Surume (dried Squid - kind of a Seafood)

Sake - traditional Japanese drink

It is so good to have friends from all over the world, so I don´t get bored with only german food...

More snow in Vancouver - 27.11.2006

we got more snow since sunday...this is today on my way to work...


the streets are like an ice rink

some trees broke down

and this was my job this morning - shoveling the snow...

First snow in Vancouver!! - 26.11.2006

yeah overnight we received a nice load of snow...




...and it is still snowing!

Snowshoeing Grouse Mountain - 23.11.2006

I hiked up Grouse Mountain so I didn´t have to pay for the lift, the snow started around 3/4 of the way

it snowed like crazy the whole day and it was windy...

one of the bears on Grouse Mountain, behind a fence though...

as soon as there was enough snow I used Snowshoes

on top of Dam Mountain

"Sightseeing" in Abbotsford - 19.11.2006

after the "Hobbit" show I went to Benedict and Dimitri´s place, they also live in Abbotsford, I used the chance to get together with them once I was out there anyways.
They showed me Abbotsford and all it´s "interesting" places.... ;-)

here is dimitri

Mill Lake

not only in Vancouver is fall...in Abbotsford as well

first sunshine after a few days of rain

The Hobbit - Abbotsford - 18.11.2006

saturday night I went with a couple of friends to Abbotsford to watch "The Hobbit"

all the scenes were quite dark that´s why you can´t see too much...sorry!

Mongolian Restaurant with Benedict and Dimitri - 11.11.2006

Benedict...

..and Dimitri
They both stayed at my place from friday to saturday, we went out on friday night and saturday we went to my favourite mongolian restaurant...we had a good time and I look forward to do more things with these guys! They´re both volunteers like me too but they work in Abbotsford, which is another small city close to vancouver.