Elternzeit in Kanada

It's better to have a fright with an end than an end without a fright. And everything must eventually come to an end, even the most beautiful journey! Unfortunately, earlier...

Julian's fever got worse overnight. So we went to see a doctor right after waking up. The nearest doctor, who was 38 km away, couldn't treat children. So we drove for another...

Julian developed a high fever overnight, which really disrupted our night. Thank God we have enough fever-reducing medication with us. Nonetheless, we only got up sometime after...

After a surprisingly restful night, we discussed whether we really want to leave the dirty hut. All the alternatives were either not better or far beyond our budget. It's crazy,...

Seattle

The Olympic National Park is truly spectacular. Yesterday we were in the high mountains, with alpine views and hikes among deer and mountain animals. Today, we drove along the...

Olympic National Park Finally, a national park! The purpose and goal of this trip is to explore one national park after another in North America. We were greeted by a...

Unfortunately, we had to leave our beautiful vacation rental today and drove for two and a half hours to Victoria, the capital of Vancouver Island. Victoria! Previously, the...

We start with the evening. We sat on the terrace and were really amazed. Let's make it a quiz. Which animal is hidden in the photo on the cross street? Guessed? Found? The...

Simply amazing. Nordic rainforest. And rainforest on the beach. And what a beach. Namely one with rainforest behind it. Only the water was cold. Marvin still went in. Because of...

We had to sleep in and have a long and extensive breakfast in German again. Otherwise, it can actually be too exhausting, silly as it may sound to people who are not on...

Raft This morning we finally left our ugly hotel in Vancouver, unfortunately not without discussing prices, taxes, and refund claims again. Unfortunately, it cost us another...

The sun and sunshine welcomed us as we woke up well-rested this morning. After a hearty German breakfast with coffee, sandwiches with butter and jam, and yogurt, we leisurely...

Quiz No. 2: Seaplane

After the heat of yesterday, we are delighted that it is pleasantly cool the next morning. One last breakfast on the AIDA together with Botts, one last farewell and a group...

Heat . Heat . Heat . 34 degrees in the shade . A beautiful city like Montreal . And everyone is sweating. It's quite bearable in the air-conditioned underground city ....

Welcome to the French part of Canada! Hardly anything here is in English, everything is actually in French, but most people can speak English as a second language, about as well...

Fortunately, the baby woke us up early in the morning at 6 o'clock. Normally, I wouldn't be too thrilled about that, but when we went on deck around 7 o'clock, we were greeted...

Swimming, reading, and sauna. Eating and drinking a lot. That's what you do on a sea day. In the evening, there was an excellent performance in the theater. And that was great!

Canada Day on PEI!!!

A relaxing sea day. With lots of sauna, lots of reading, and an excellent program in the theater in the evening. That's the good life!

Due to the exceptionally heavy rain in the morning, we had the opportunity to visit the Immigration Museum of Halifax, which is one of the Seven Wonders of Canada. We were not...

In the morning it was quite cool and it was still raining. So we decided to start the day comfortably with a long breakfast and then go to the sauna. Afterwards, we attended a...

Similar to Portland, this city also disappointed us quite a bit. Our first steps on Canadian soil turned out to be quite monotonous and boring. Sure, the city with only 70,000...

The first settlers called this island Eden, later it was renamed Arcadia. That was actually our impression as well when we looked out at the land in awe from the railing that...

East Sea Park

Reading, sunbathing, lazing around. Despite incredibly thick fog, it was possible on that day. We even saw some whales!

Silke and I got up at 5 o'clock this morning because the jet lag wouldn't let us sleep anymore. But that was pretty good because it allowed us to leave the ship and walk to...

At 3:30 in the morning, we got up to be driven by Markus to Frankfurt Airport at 4 o'clock. That was incredibly kind of him, especially because it was his birthday that day. The...

Preparations for a seven-week trip through Canada by ship and then as a road trip with three children and a grandma