Author Archives: Tom Berlage

I will start this letter with a structure. Yeah, seems akward but I guess that´s how I would like to give u and me a resumée of my year abroad, which was incredible btw: Chapter 1: Work experience in Canada Almost 40 weeks, almost 10 months, almost a year in Canada. Currently I am sittingContinue reading “9 months, 3 weeks Canada – Now it is Time to say Goodbye…”

Monday/Tuesday: We started the day at 7:30am. Drove to Lake Moraine. We arrived at the road that brings u to Lake Moraine at 8:30am and were able to take the road to Lake Moraine. Fortunately😊 When we arrived there, the Parking Lot was almost completely full. At 8.45am on a Monday. There are so manyContinue reading “My 5 last days in Canada☹”

Monday: I got up at 8. We are still in Jasper. After my breakfast, that usually consists of toast and nutella, I called my parents and had a call for an hour, because Mario and I had to leave the Hostel at 10 to get to the Maligne Lake. We rented one canoe for 11amContinue reading “Last 12 days in Canada; Road Trip; Jasper; Icefield Parkway”

We arrived in Vancouver on the 13th, Sunday. We started early in the morning, carried all of our stuff over to our BnB in KItsilano. It was a pain in the neck to do that. Took us 10 hours to get from Victoria, to the farm to get all of our stuff, go back toContinue reading “Stay in Vancouver, Road Trip start:”

Sixth day – june, 7th, Wednesday: We started the hike after breakfast. We were in no rush, so I took my time. Anyways, just 26km to go. On the one hand it iss ad, but on the other hand I am looking forward being back in civilization. We hiked 12km to Darling Beach. The fistContinue reading “West Coast Trail – a hike of your lifetime – Part 3”

Third day – june, 6th, Sunday:  On this day we planned to go 10km. We were at km mark 58 at Cullite Cove and we headed to Bonilla Creek. Anyways, let us start in the morning, After packing everything together and having breakfast we started the day. I have to admit I had a reallyContinue reading “West Coast Trail – a hike of your lifetime – Part 2”

Honestly I don´t really know where I should beginn. I mean there is so much stuff to tell u about. The last 10 days were just incredible. Before I will start writing about my adventure on the West Coast of Vancouver Island, I just wanna give u just a short overview oft he West CoastContinue reading “West Coast Trail – a hike of your lifetime – Part 1”

I am just going to give u a short update about Monday and Tuesday. On Monday Kathy and Liesa came visiting us, we went for a little walk around noon. We talked about the WCT and just things in general. I haven´t seen Liesa since she left the farm and Kathy since I´ve been inContinue reading “West Coast Trail Update; Thanks to Family Saville”

Our last week on the farm began. It was a shitty day. It rained the whole time, there was no sun at all and we just planned our next couple weeks. In the evening we went for a run and got groceries with Kennedy. We´re probably gonna work this week from Tuesday to Thursday. LookingContinue reading “Bye, Bye Damali Lavender Winery:(“