Winterruption Granville Island - 25.2.2007

Winterruption Festival on Granville Island....with Lizl, me, strange tall women and Chimie


sweet little fire dance show



listening to a free Jazz Concert in the Granville Island Hotel....don´t ask me why I make such a strange face...

Ray the Optimist

Dog Mountain - 24.2.2007

the coastal mountains received another load of fresh powder...just perfect to escape from the rain down here in the city of rain

hiking our way through the woods

we hiked to dog mountain, which is located on mount seymour, just a short drive from vancouver

Lan - the adventurous

Gung Hay Fat Choy! - Chinese New Year´s parade in Vancouver - 18.2.2007

Chinese New Year Celebrations in Chinatown

the year of the pig started today...

Happy New Year to all my friends with asian background!!!

Whistler skiing - 14.2.2007

Whistler 2007 - this year Ben...

...and me.

The weather this year was very windy and we got lots of new snow on the higher elevations, down in whistler village it was raining...

late in the afternoon we could see a little bit of sun

yeah we deserved that after a taff day on the mountain!

Whistler skiing - 15.2.2007

here we climbed up a little bit so we could access some nice pwoder

here we had a huge bowl with great snow just waiting for us

some nice tree skiing - gladed skiing

Whistler skiing - 16.2.2007

on our way home we stoped in Squamish for a little photo session and some food

Erna, my landlady

and her dog Kelly

The Chief in Squamish

while driving I was busy taking pictures and watching the traffic...

Vancouver First Half Marathon - 11.2.2007

today I volunteered for the Vancouver First Half Marathon,

the number of runners was limited to 2000

I got connected through my friend Lan, we two run every tuesday after work with a running club that organized this race

we filled up the cups and handed them out to the runners at the start/finish area

21km - 1 hour 4 minutes and 44 seconds was the winner´s time

Skiing Grouse Mountain - 1.2.2007

Gennady and me. Gennady is also from Germany and is doing his Voluntary Service in Winnipeg (Manitoba). He spends his holiday here in Vancouver and stays at my place

another nice Westcoast sunset....