Hi! Last sunday we checked out the local climing hall called "the core". It is a little hall in the middle of the village and the routes are the half length of the ones in the Magnet in Niederwangen. Before the fun got started we had to fill out a form and answer some funny questions. "When is the last time you belayed?", "Which devices to you use?", "Do you have a belay license"? and some others. So without a belay license which i think is a strange invention we entered the area. We climbed for about 3 hours which caused me some sore muscles in my forearm until now.. :-) I learned a lot of new vocabulary there and also a slogan which you use before climbing:
- "Ready for belay?"
- "Belay on.?"
- "Ready for climbing?"
- "Climb on."
The sounds like in the army..
After the session we moved our *** to a restaurant with suisse and german specialities. Quickly we decided to taste a Fondue. We heard that the cook of this restaurant is a Suisse and that he imports the cheese from Switzerland. But does he also now how to make it?
We were really surprised of the flavour so we ordered another one. Because the wine was inestimable we drank coke. We were the only one in the restaurant which din't bother us from enjoying this nice meal.
The tummy full of cheese we headed to the Longhorn and watched a movie premiere and drank some drinks. That's life in Whistler. What are you doing these days?
See you!
Dienstag, 18. November 2008
Sonntag, 16. November 2008
Tofino
Hello my dear audience. Last weekend we went to an amazing trip to Tofino. Tofino is a little town on Vancouver Island and is 369 km away from Whistler. We rented 3 cars for 16 people and after everybody arrived in the school the journey could begin. We drove into the direction of Vancouver and took the ferry to Vancouver Island. On this Friday it was raining cats and dogs (funny expression, isn't it?) and so it wasn't so comfortable to wait about 1.5 h in the car in the line-up in front of the ferry. They had the police on the ferry who frisked the whole boat for a reason they wouldn't tell us.
After the arrival on the island and a big shopping in one of those huge malls next to the highway we headed towards Tofino which is on the other side of the island. But a trip with 3 cars isn't so easy. A lot of the times we were too fast so the others couldn't follow us, hehe.. :-) It took us always a lot of time to meet again. We left the highway and took the road through the island. It was as dark as in the ass of a cow (sorry about this coarse expression) and it still rained as if the was a leak in the sewage system of Petrus. While we driving and enjoying the noise of the bad radion reception suddenly every car in front of us stopped. We had to pass a intersection where there was at least 25 cm of water on the street!! This section of the road was about 50 m long. On the left and the right side you could see water falls running down the hills towards the street. That was quite sick!
Another thing which was funny was that you could see a lot of pumpkins everywhere right next to the road. This must be a kind of tradition that you put your pumpkin after halloween just next to the main road. After every turn you could see the pumpkin staring the passing cars out of the forest.
After a 8-h-drive we finally arrived in Tofino. We installed ourselves in the two condos we booked for our 5-days-stay. Then we cooked a nice dinner and made a little house party.
The next day it was still raining but that couldn't keep us from going to the sea to watch the Volcom Stone's Beaverfish Surf Series Contest on Long Beach. To see them surfing motivated me so much I almoust grabbed any surfboard and jumped into the freezing sea. But I had to be patient.
Next day after curing everyone's hangover we packed our boardshorts and towels and headed to the surfschool. With all the equipment in a swiss army truck (yes that's true) we went to the Long Beach and tried to surf the Canadian waves. It was really different to my first surftrip this sommer in France. The water was about 12 degres cold so you have to wear a thick wetsuit with gloves, a hoodie and also some neoprene shoes. Fitted with all this equipment the surf could begin. We had a lot of fun although we didn't catch a lot of waves. After the surf session everybody needed something to drink because the saltwater dried up every throat. The owner of the our condos who also arragend the appointment whith the surfschool invited us to a 5 star hotel on the Beach. For mere mortals (Normalsterbliche?) like us it was impossible to stay there for a night. One suite costs about 400 to 1000 dollars a night.. But for one drink it was ok. Jorge the owner told us to drink a "Caesar" which is a special North American drink. I expected nothing special but after I tried I was shocked. The drink was spicy as chili and not really drinkable. :-) I don't reccomend it to you but if you are curious here is the recipe: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_(cocktail)
The next day a lot of us went to a whalewatching trip, but me and 3 others stayed at home und went surfing again! I took a shorter board but I had to make a lot more effort on this one also because we partied very hard the night before.. :-)
On Tuesday it was time for us to leave this nice town. We said goodbye to jorge, the owner of the condos who housed us (beherbergen?) very good. On the return journey everybody was asleep in the car and exhausted of this long weekend. We had a great time and partied every night.. :-)
Jorge described Tofino like this: This drinking town has a surfing problem...
Now we are back in the every day life of Whistler, which is not so bad either. I'm still looking for a job as an instructor and hope that it'll work. Beside that there's a lot to do, even if there's no snow yet.
That's it for now. Below some pictures of Tofino. I have to go climbing now. See you guys!
Ferry to Vancouver Island
The men's corner
"Aha this is how we make the take-off."
The surfboard and me
Nice weather right? :-)
Surf Contest
A late night swimming action... :-)
My next car... Or maybe still the old Toyota without reverse gear for 15o bucks?
That doesn't belong actually in this post. But anyway: Beatiful B.C. on every car
After the arrival on the island and a big shopping in one of those huge malls next to the highway we headed towards Tofino which is on the other side of the island. But a trip with 3 cars isn't so easy. A lot of the times we were too fast so the others couldn't follow us, hehe.. :-) It took us always a lot of time to meet again. We left the highway and took the road through the island. It was as dark as in the ass of a cow (sorry about this coarse expression) and it still rained as if the was a leak in the sewage system of Petrus. While we driving and enjoying the noise of the bad radion reception suddenly every car in front of us stopped. We had to pass a intersection where there was at least 25 cm of water on the street!! This section of the road was about 50 m long. On the left and the right side you could see water falls running down the hills towards the street. That was quite sick!
Another thing which was funny was that you could see a lot of pumpkins everywhere right next to the road. This must be a kind of tradition that you put your pumpkin after halloween just next to the main road. After every turn you could see the pumpkin staring the passing cars out of the forest.
After a 8-h-drive we finally arrived in Tofino. We installed ourselves in the two condos we booked for our 5-days-stay. Then we cooked a nice dinner and made a little house party.
The next day it was still raining but that couldn't keep us from going to the sea to watch the Volcom Stone's Beaverfish Surf Series Contest on Long Beach. To see them surfing motivated me so much I almoust grabbed any surfboard and jumped into the freezing sea. But I had to be patient.
Next day after curing everyone's hangover we packed our boardshorts and towels and headed to the surfschool. With all the equipment in a swiss army truck (yes that's true) we went to the Long Beach and tried to surf the Canadian waves. It was really different to my first surftrip this sommer in France. The water was about 12 degres cold so you have to wear a thick wetsuit with gloves, a hoodie and also some neoprene shoes. Fitted with all this equipment the surf could begin. We had a lot of fun although we didn't catch a lot of waves. After the surf session everybody needed something to drink because the saltwater dried up every throat. The owner of the our condos who also arragend the appointment whith the surfschool invited us to a 5 star hotel on the Beach. For mere mortals (Normalsterbliche?) like us it was impossible to stay there for a night. One suite costs about 400 to 1000 dollars a night.. But for one drink it was ok. Jorge the owner told us to drink a "Caesar" which is a special North American drink. I expected nothing special but after I tried I was shocked. The drink was spicy as chili and not really drinkable. :-) I don't reccomend it to you but if you are curious here is the recipe: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_(cocktail)
The next day a lot of us went to a whalewatching trip, but me and 3 others stayed at home und went surfing again! I took a shorter board but I had to make a lot more effort on this one also because we partied very hard the night before.. :-)
On Tuesday it was time for us to leave this nice town. We said goodbye to jorge, the owner of the condos who housed us (beherbergen?) very good. On the return journey everybody was asleep in the car and exhausted of this long weekend. We had a great time and partied every night.. :-)
Jorge described Tofino like this: This drinking town has a surfing problem...
Now we are back in the every day life of Whistler, which is not so bad either. I'm still looking for a job as an instructor and hope that it'll work. Beside that there's a lot to do, even if there's no snow yet.
That's it for now. Below some pictures of Tofino. I have to go climbing now. See you guys!
Ferry to Vancouver Island
The men's corner
"Aha this is how we make the take-off."
The surfboard and me
Nice weather right? :-)
Surf Contest
A late night swimming action... :-)
My next car... Or maybe still the old Toyota without reverse gear for 15o bucks?
That doesn't belong actually in this post. But anyway: Beatiful B.C. on every carSonntag, 2. November 2008
Hey hou! As you know Halloween is a really big thing in North America. From "trick or treat" to pumpkin food and big partys, everything goes crazy on the 31th of Octobre. Below a few pictures from this crazy evening...
The king himself
almost...
grrr
the ladies with the aussie-teacher
From left to the right: turner (teacher), garth (teacher), jonas, steve (school director)
The king himself
almost...
grrr
the ladies with the aussie-teacher
From left to the right: turner (teacher), garth (teacher), jonas, steve (school director)After this great evening everybody was lazy yesterday and Whistler looked like a lost village. The weather was also not very nice, it's too warm for snow... that means tv, tv and tv... and still waiting for the first snow in canada!
Beside this my search for an accomodation lasts no longer. I'll live in a student house for all the work and study students. It's a huge house for 18 people a few minutes outside of Whistler. The only thing I have to do is read the 15-page-rules-of-the-house and the sign it.
But the search for a job is still very difficult. I can't apply as a snowboard instructor before I've done a instructor course. The first one is in the middle of decembre. That means waiting and waiting which isn't very comfortable. If you look on the homepage of Whistle-Blackcomb it is written that they don't need any instructors. But steve, the school director assures us that he can arrange us an interview do it's still possible to get this job. That's why me feelings are very mixed and hope everything turns out good. It's also not very easy for me and I think also for other europeans to understand how Canada works relating to the job search.
I can assure you something: If I get this job, I'll make a huge party!! :-)
Ok that's it for now! Greets Moritz
Beside this my search for an accomodation lasts no longer. I'll live in a student house for all the work and study students. It's a huge house for 18 people a few minutes outside of Whistler. The only thing I have to do is read the 15-page-rules-of-the-house and the sign it.
But the search for a job is still very difficult. I can't apply as a snowboard instructor before I've done a instructor course. The first one is in the middle of decembre. That means waiting and waiting which isn't very comfortable. If you look on the homepage of Whistle-Blackcomb it is written that they don't need any instructors. But steve, the school director assures us that he can arrange us an interview do it's still possible to get this job. That's why me feelings are very mixed and hope everything turns out good. It's also not very easy for me and I think also for other europeans to understand how Canada works relating to the job search.
I can assure you something: If I get this job, I'll make a huge party!! :-)
Ok that's it for now! Greets Moritz
Hiking tour with IH
Hey! Last Tuesday we went on a hiking trip with the school. After a few problems with the car - the driver broke the key in the lock, oh my god... - the trip could start. With two cars we drove out of whistler to enjoy the fascinating nature. The road was in such a bad condition that the car seemed to be a rollercoaster, particulary for the last bank... :-) Once we got there the good air healed everybody who got a little bit carsick. We walked around several lakes, took some pictures and ate our lunch. A few pictures:
The view out of the "rollercoaster"
lake
Posing
some other hikers (or posers...)
The view out of the "rollercoaster"
lake
Posing
some other hikers (or posers...)
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