09 Wednesday Oct 2019
Posted in Vancouver
I came up to Simon Fraser University today to give a guest lecture, beautiful day to be back at my old university. It has grown quite a bit, but the views on a sunny day were still great. Sheila and I met some friends from our student days for dinner on the hill afterwards, and we all enjoyed the fantastic sunset and catching up.
03 Thursday Oct 2019
Posted in Family, On the water, Vancouver
Sheila joined me on the boat for two days, but today we came back to Vancouver. It was a lot warmer here than on the water, and tonight we enjoyed an evening out with Lena, Kim and Bonnie.
21 Saturday Sep 2019
Posted in Vancouver
We came to Cultus Lake yesterday to join the retreat from our church, about 2 hours into the Fraser Valley from Vancouver. We had a little time to look at the lake and have dinner at the golf club before the program began. It is nice to spend the weekend with friends.
15 Sunday Sep 2019
I brought the boat back to Vancouver for a week and yesterday we celebrated Sheila´s mother birthday with the family on Ancient Murrelet. Unfortunately, it was raining quite heavily, so we stayed at the dock and ate lots of food. Very nice to see everybody and we all had a good time anyhow.
05 Thursday Sep 2019
We are all back in Vancouver and today we are helping Andrea celebrate her birthday with a walk, a game of golf and a little party tonight. The weather continues to be nice and warm.
07 Wednesday Aug 2019
Sheila and I came back to Vancouver yesterday, after a great time in Germany with the family. Because of the jetlag we were up early this morning and walked around Stanley Park on the seawall. It was empty at 5:30, but by 7:30 it had gotten quite busy.
20 Saturday Jul 2019
Posted in Vancouver
We are enjoying a few sunny and busy days in Vancouver. Yesterday, we strolled along English Bay and took the ferry to the Maritime Museum for a beach picnic with friends. Afterwards we enjoyed Shakespeare´s “All´s well that ends well” at the local Bard on the Beach production. Today it is supposed to get even hotter.
19 Wednesday Jun 2019
Posted in Vancouver
I came back to Vancouver for a week to be with Sheila, meet friends and have a couple of biotech meetings. The weather is fairly nice, but today was very windy and I had to sprint across a section of the seawall that was sprayed with waves.
31 Friday May 2019
Posted in On the water, Vancouver
When we have the boat in Vancouver, we sometimes take a trip through the harbour into Indian Arm for a lunch there. This morning, a group of orcas had the same idea. When I was walking around Stanley Park, I saw them crossing under the Lions Gate Bridge. In the last few months this has happened a few times and is probably related to the considerable increase in the pinniped (seals and sea lions) populations here in BC. The transient killer whales, or Bigg´s Killer Whales eat pinnipeds and are doing very well here (in contrast to the resident groups that eat salmon). There are some good sized seal colonies in Indian Arm, and I guess some of the whales have found them and are stopping by on a regular basis.
29 Wednesday May 2019
Posted in Vancouver
I am enjoying my time in Vancouver, though our place is a bit of a mess. But Sheila is making great progress with the renovation and I am busy with meetings. Tonight we went together for a business meeting close to the Convention Center, and sitting in the sun chatting with friends was rather enjoyable.
