Ancient Murrelet is in Vancouver

Over the last couple of days I took Ancient Murrelet from Sidney to Vancouver. It was nice being on the boat, but as I could not go to pubs or visit other yachties, it felt a bit isolated. The boat is now at the closest dock to our place, a 10 min walk from the flat. I plan to get her ready for cruising this summer, just no idea when I can go and if I will still make it around Vancouver Island as planned. We are still feeling well, getting used to lots and lots of video conferencing.

Ancient Murrelet at Bayshore West

Vancouver is very quiet

We are still doing well, mostly staying at home. Vancouver is under an emergency status, schools, restaurants and bars are closed, but no lock down (yet). The weather continues to be nice and sunny, and we can walk on the beach. The city is very quiet though and most people seem to abide by the rules for social distancing.

English Bay beach

Back home, virus free

We made it back to Vancouver, just in time as it looks like. Canada now recommends against any non essential travels. We are feeling fine and had no contact with anybody infected with the Corona virus as far as we know. The weather here is cold, but sunny and should warm up over the next few days. The magnolia bush on our patio is starting to blossom and there are flowers on the ornamental fruit trees in our street, feels like spring is coming.

View from our patio

Trier

We are meeting with friends from our time in Heidelberg this weekend. We picked Trier to meet as a convenient location for all. This is Germany’s oldest city, founded by the Romans over 2,000 years ago and for some time was the largest city North of the Alps. The river Mosel has very high water right now, and the weather is a bit chilly, but we are enjoying our time together and catching up with news.

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Porta Nigra, the Roman city gate

Viewing the Mosel from our temporary home