Travelogues British Columbia

Snow-covered road in Fernie

First day in Vancouver. Specifically, East Van, as the residents lovingly call their neighborhood. We have a working holiday visa, so there's a lot of organizing to do. So what do...

It rains in Vancouver

Camping, boating, turkey

Located between Vancouver and the Rocky Mountains, the fertile wine valley of Okanagan Valley is known for its vineyards, orchards, and sandy beaches along Okanagan Lake. We are...

On the way from Golden to Nakusp, we take a short stop at a cedar forest and enjoy a pleasant walk. For the first time, we take the ferry from Shelter Bay to Galena Bay, which...

Into the wilderness.

The school in Canada was mega cool. The children there were also so quiet. In sports, we were allowed to choose whether we wanted to exercise outside or inside. Then we could...

So a lovely surprise: For our 'Anniversary', we received a delicious homemade bread from Pam. We were so happy to once again have a piece of 'real bread' between our teeth,...

Since there was unfortunately a bit of a thunderstorm all evening, we stayed in Lillooet at our campground. We had a leisurely breakfast and set off for Whistler, our last stop...

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)....

So, my time in Canada came to an end in Vancouver City. There weren't many sights here, but we saw almost everything that the city center has to offer. We went to Queen...

Nanaimo is the second largest city here on Vancouver Island, but as you may have noticed: the journey is the destination. It's never really about the city, but always about the...

On October 12th I can't get to Vancouver and I'm driving, but the bus where it sells at 11:45 a.m. has a traffic jam that's so tight that it hits me on the 2nd. This means: Wait...

Today we took a closer look at Granville Island after just driving past it on our city tour yesterday. Granville Island has a colorful mix of restaurants, markets, theaters,...

The Wild Pacific Trail, which starts from the neighboring town of Ucluelet , was the last trail we were able to explore on this vacation. Tomorrow we'll take the ferry back to...

We spent today in Wells Gray Provincial Park , in the immediate vicinity of which our current lodge is located. First we drove to a viewing platform, which offers an impressive...

Rain, rain and more rain - unfortunately we didn't have the weather gods on our side today! But we braved the weather as much as we could and still went on a day trip to Glacier...

Continue south towards Sea to Sky Hwy (Route 99). Partly 11% incline or in our case downhill. Jens drives... First stop Pemberton, a nice ski town in the middle of high...

Heading southwest on the ferry to visit my friend Jessica

April 22, 2023 Today I can keep it relatively short. After Brigitte kindly prepared breakfast for us in the room, where we finished off our leftovers, we loaded our car in the...

April 19, 2023 We had planned for a relaxed day without any special excursions to specific destinations. We wanted to enjoy our accommodation and explore the area a bit, and I...

Okay Day 3. Quote of the day: 'Save until you break!' Once again, the day started with a balanced breakfast... Bagel with Cream Cheese. We also took two more in napkins to have...

Am 16. August sind wir am The Malamute geklettert. Es ist eine schöne Felswand direkt über dem Wasser des Howe Sound. Außerdem waren nicht so viele Leute wie in anderen Gebieten...

In Vancouver, we met a nice couple from Germany, Anna & Jannik. It was great we could meet again in Squamish and spend two days together. First, we went sport climbing in...

To take the ferry from Vancouver Island to the mainland (from Port Hardy to Prince Rupert), we had to get up early: The alarm clock rang at 4:30 am, departure from the motel...

We sleep until 8 o'clock, then we pack our things and move on. After a few minutes, we reach Peyto Lake, a lake fed by glacier water. We walk the 600 meters uphill to the...

First, we explore Alice Lake Provincial Park. The state park is a great place to relax, with a lake for swimming and paddling, as well as hiking trails nearby. Most state parks...

Our night ends at 7 am, the children's at 4 am. So we start early in the day. Vancouver is located right on the Pacific Ocean and has a population of 700,000. It is one of...

It's Canada Day - the national holiday, and you can see more Canadian flags and symbols than usual. We also have something special planned, we're going bear watching by boat. We...