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After checking in for our return flight yesterday, we received the news that our flight is delayed by 2 hours and will depart at 6 pm. Since we didn't want to spend the whole...

Today we took the gondola up to Grouse Mountain again. Up on the mountain, there was a lot to experience. First, we watched the birds of prey show 'Birds in Motion' and saw...

Today we were in Stanley Park. We parked our car centrally in the parking lot of the park railway. That was also our first stop: a ride on the park railway. During the ride we...

Happy Birthday to Juliane:-) To make her day special, we asked the chef Jimmi if he could decorate a table. Jimmi was very friendly and went all out, getting balloons, stickers,...

The first thing we did today was go to Parliament. Of course, we went through a security check like at the airport and then we were allowed in. The girls had a scavenger hunt...

Before we continued on to Victoria, we made a detour to MacMillan Provincial Park. Here, too, there were short, established hiking trails to the south and north of the highway...

Today it was about 10 degrees cooler in Port Alberni, but still very warm at 28 degrees. We wanted to go to the Pacific Rim National Park and I thought maybe we could also go...

Since I couldn't convince our family to take the earlier ferry, we decided to take the 13:40 ferry from Horseshoe Bay to Nanaimo. We arrived 2 hours earlier and were told that...

Today was extremely hot again, around 36 degrees. We first took the gondola up to Blackcomb Mountain. There we went for a hike (Alpine Loop and part of the Lakeside Loops)....

Today was the departure from Terra Nostra Ranch. Christoph had informed us that there is a Stampede in Anahim Lake this weekend. We did not coordinate with the other events like...

The day started after breakfast with a horse riding round for the girls. Juliane back on Elly, Henriette on Toben. Meanwhile, Martin watched the soccer game Germany against...

Today, just like yesterday, started off very relaxed. Around 11:30 am, the girls got to ride horses or be led on horses. Henriette rode Missy, and Juliane rode Elly. Both had a...

Today started off leisurely. Breakfast was at 8:30 am and after that, the children greeted the horses, played, and we read. Shortly before noon, we went to the Ranch's boathouse...

Today we continued to the next station. It was a long drive of a total of 5.5 hours. So we decided to take a break in Williams Lake. We will pass by here again later. In...

Today was Canada Day :-) We wanted to give the girls a hiking break and drove from Clearwater to Kamloops in the BC Wildlife Park, which is about 1.5 hours away. Surprisingly,...

Here in the hotel we were able to enjoy breakfast again - even if everything here is not particularly sustainable with disposable cups, plates, and cutlery (at least...

Today it was time to pack our bags again and head to the next destination. Before we continued on, however, we drove to Lake Annette. At 10 a.m. the parking lot was still quite...

After grabbing our breakfast at Tim Hortons again, we headed to Maligne Lake. On the way, we passed by Medicine Lake, where we were shocked by the rows of dead trees. After some...

Today we headed back to the Columbia Glacier, early (for our standards), along the Icefield Parkway about 100 km. We had booked a tour and despite the rain forecast, there were...

Today we got up at 5 a.m. because we had booked the 8:10 a.m. ride on the Banff Gondola and had to have breakfast and check out beforehand. There are also advantages to being...

Today we hiked up Tunnel Mountain. We walked from the hotel to the trailhead again, and then it was steep at first and later a bit more moderate uphill. In total, we had to...

Today we were in Banff and walked almost 12 km. It was quite a challenge, especially for the girls. First we went to the Fenland Trail, which was a 2 km circular route. On the...

We spontaneously decided to visit the Calgary Zoo, even though we knew it would be quite crowded on Sunday. For breakfast, Martin had organized baked goods from Tim Hortons from...

Today we were up early. The girls were awake for the first time in the night around 1am and at 4:45am, before sunrise, everyone was awake ;-) We had breakfast at Tim Hortons...

On time with rain we went from Aschaffenburg to Frankfurt to myParken to park our car. With a transfer to the airport, we were there super early at 10 o'clock. The flight was...

Our flight from Frankfurt to Calgary leaves tomorrow at noon. To make the long car journey more relaxed and to avoid having to start at night, we decided on Aschaffenburg and...

Today, one day before departure towards Frankfurt Airport, we have finally confirmed the replacement rental car. What a back and forth the last two weeks, after FTI went...

View of the Danube

Today we had to say goodbye to Bled. It was still pouring. Unfortunately, we had no luck with the weather in Bled this year - according to the hotel owner, it wasn't a normal...

Another rainy day. We seem to have no luck with the weather in this region of Slovenia... But we actually found a children's hiking trail with stops for Juliane - woohoo. So off...