Monday: Worked from 8 to 5. Pretty exhasuting and tough day. We started with pulling weed in the frontyard of Kennedy house, brin ging in stones and rocks. It looks so great now. Mario and I are some gardeners, for real. I should attach some pictures from before and after, but unfortunately I didn´t make any. Anyway after work shift I was happy to cook, eat, enjoy a beer and watch a movie.
Tuesday: Same procedure as yesterday. We just continued with pulling weed, making the frontyard look great. Not that interesting, but what I like about work like this is, that u can actually see the progress u make and this motivates u. Especailly u are looking forward tot he beer after work, this motivates u even more xD
Wednesday: We pulled weed in the rhubarb field, started with pulling weed in the backyard of the house and I used the weedwhacker to bring the property a bit in shape, especially in the areas where the customers will be most of the time. Kennedy wants to open the farm for customers and tourists beginning in june. So there is still a lot of work to do until then. I hope the next days will be more interesting and a bit different, because so far we almost just pulled wees the whole time.
Thursday and Friday: We finished the backyard, I used the weedwhacker fort he rhubarb field. We are probably gonna harvest it next week. Further there is not much to tell you about the work. I mean I am happy to earned some money on these two days.
Friday evening was really cool. First of all I have to say that Kennedy bought himself a smoker on Friday noon. He installed it in the backyard and put some ribs, chicken and steak on it while we were working. Every couple minutes a smell got caught by my nose…unfair, but we were lucky. Kennedy invited us to watch his team Edmonton Oilers against Winnipeg in the Hockey Playoffs.
Good to know: Canadiens don´t say IceHockey!! They just call it Hockey😊
We still had a 30 liter keg with beer. It hasn´t been completely full, but we finished it this evening. TBH I don´t remember the last time I drank that much. Must been before Covid. Anyways, Winnipeg won, Edmonton lost, but our mood was (obviously) still great. We had a chat until 11:30pm with Kennedy outside on the porch. We talked about everything and If I say everything, I mean it. Was really cool. Kennedy is to me more like a buddy than my boss. Looking forward tot he weekend and then the last week on the farm.
Saturday and Sunday: On Saturday we didn´t do anything. I had two phone calls with family and friends and I had to take care of my hangover😊 On Sunday we did quite lot. Planning our journey, the West Coast Trail, our stay in Victoria. We tried our tent, I went for a run (finally again) and in the evening wem ade porc Schnitzel with potatogratin and asparagus.
Tomorrow we will have one more day off, we will work from Tuesday to Thursday and that´s it. Some more planning and finally on Monday we will leave the farm for our upcoming adventure: THE WEST COAST TRAIL! I have to admit I am a bit scared, because I think it is goinna be really tough, but I will enjoy the adventure and Liesa, Kathy, Mario and I are gonna push ourselves to the limit. Teamworks makes the dreamwork 😊
Monday: Mario and I didn´t do anything. We cooked something and watched movies. Was pretty fun and a relxaing day. After the last three exhasuting weeks we were happy about having a day to chill and relay😊 Even though we went for a run in the evening, always great to do some sports.
Tuesday: A big day came up for us, actually for Kennedy. The whole year over it takes a lot of work in the vineyard, in the winery and all over the farm until u start botteling the wine. It took us the whole day. Weh ad 4 stations to fill the wine. One of us cleaned all the empty and already labeled bottles, the other one took these bootles and filled the wine in it with a machine that looks a bit like the udder of a cow. One of us put the cork in it, also with a machine and at the last station we had to put on the neck label. In total we filled 2040 bottles on this day. One bottle costs 25 bucks, approx 16€… u can calcualte on your own 😉
Wednesday: We started to label 2040 bottles for another wine, which we would start filling on Wednesday. One of us (Mario and Me) was outside and pulled some weed (not that nice) and the other one was in the winery together with Kennedy and labeled the bottles.
Thursday: Last day of work for this week and we did the same procedure as Tuesday: I mean it is not such a cool work, but still really interesting to see how wine gets into the bottles, bottles are getting labeled and how the final bottles look like and how it came to this. The most important part of this week of work is that u can´t sell the first 12 bottles of each wine for some reason, so Kennedy gave them to us and we have a little storage fort he next weeks, probabaly days 😉
Friday: I had some phone calls and in the afternoon Mario and I planed our trip to Victoria on Saturday. We wanna go there to get some equipment fort he West Coast Trail, which already starts in like 2 weeks.
Saturday: Day Trip to Victoria, Kennedy brought us tot he Mill Bay, we crossed the ocean tot he Brentwood Bay by Ferry and took the bus to Downtown Victoria where we went to different shops to get a tent, hiking poles, sleeping bag and amt, water bottles with filter,gaiters, rain jacket… there r so many things u need for a 7-day hiking trip. Now, weh ave almost everything important. Only things missing is food, stove, pens and all the other stuff. We´re gonna get the rest after the farm when we will stay two days in Victoria. Kathy and Liesa will join us there and we will get everythi g together, so that we don´t get anything two times. It took us until 5pm to get everything, then we headed home, we cooked something and Ruby (the cutest dog I´ve ever seen, lives on the farm) celebrated the reunion with a little round of Fatch. Such a nice and cute 2 ½ years old boy. BTW, on our way back to the farm I spoke to Kennedy and made a propsal. I asked if I could work next week 5 day instead of three. Three days would be normal workaway work for Room&Board and the other two days would be paid. He agreed! Good for me. I could earn some money on this day, because I don´t need 4 days off, especialy because Mario and I have already seen almost everything around here. One more thing… we bought a basketball in Victoria… second hand… 6 bucks. Directly tried it in the evening when we got home.
Sunday: Last day off this week. We didn´t do a lot, went playing basketball and enjoyed the free time before an exhasuting week.
One more thing that I really like and realized after two weeks on the Damali Lavender Farm. Mario and I get really great along, not even like that, also with living together for a longer time. We always cook together, we clean together, we share everything. We don´t have a lot of disputes, actually none. It works so good, so I am looking forward tot he next weeks with my friend.
After two weeks at Damali Lavender Farm I am looking forward to the last two. We had a great time here so far. I will keep u updated.
Monday: Mario and I started around 10am. We drove the whole way from Campbell River to Victoria Airport to drop off our rental car. On our way we made two stops: first one at a „returnet“ (a shop where u can drop off your empties. Then we continued our drive to the Damali Lavendar and Winery Farm. Check it out online, they got their own website. That´s where we are gonna stay the next 4 weeks. We droped off our luggage and all the other stuff, Kennedy welcomed us and showed us around, explained everything and then we headed tot he airport. We took the ferry from Mill Bay back in tot he direction oft he farm. Kennedy picked us up and we went for groceries together. In the evening Mario and I cooked some pasta with prawns and a nice sauce.
We r always working three days a week, 8 hours a day. 4 days off. That is really great. It is a great place where we ended up and Mario and I are looking forward tot he next weeks before we will hike the West Coast Trail together with Liesa and Kathy.
Tuesday to Thursday: Our first three days of work. I have to admit that the work on these three days wasn´t cool. We had to deal with every plant on the vineyard, pulling weed, carrying wine boxes from A to B and some more work, that is not that un. Hopefully we are gonna do something different and more interesting on Monday. I came here because I wanna learn something about wine and lavendar and to get to know something new, especially some different work. Hopefully this will change, but still.. Mario and I have a great time here.
Friday: First day off. We really enjoyed it. First time since three weeks, that we can just realx. Travelling is exhausting. Really! We got out oft he Motel at 8 and came back to another Motel at 10. Always on the road for 2 hours, carrying all the luggage, hiking… I mean I love it and I absolutley don´t regret it, but still exhausting. SO we were happy to just relax. In the evening we went up tot he house of our host family and had dinner together outside on the patio. Pizza with Kennedy, Christine, Hartley and Sissy. The two daughters are 5 and 6 years old. Kennedy and Christine 36 and 31. A young, nice family. We really enjoyed the time up there and appreciate the selfmade pizza with the famous dough of Christine 😉 Two more days off, d k yet what we r gonna do. Keep u updated.
Saturday: I watched soccer in the morning. After that we didn´t do a lot. Went for groceries with Kennedy, we had a nice fire in the backyard of the house. In the afternoon we watched a movie and in the evening I cooked. „Frikadellen“ with mashed potatoes and some vegetables.
Sunday: Went for a run. Mario and I biked to the nearest city and we had a nice Dinner together.
Monday: For us it started early. After we got a very tasty breakfast at Bill’s, we left in the direction of Tofino. Tofino, is a small town, which is very famous for surfing and in the summer and not Covid times very populated by tourists. But before we went to Tofino via Ukke (Uculelet), we went hiking near Port Alberni. A short, not strenuous hike, but it took a long time. The “Weiner Falls and Upper Falls”. A waterfall under which we went swimming, the water was so freezing cold, but we still spent a lot of time to get good photos. After that we drove on to Ucuelet and stopped halfway at a lake and went swimming again. You see, we take every lake and sea and river to go swimming. Uclelet is a very, very small cute town where we had grabbed a snack. After that we enjoyed the drive to Tofino. Along long sandy beaches, the rainforest and many surfers. Arrived in the evening…. checked in… got food and talked a bit with our neighbors, who also come from DE.
Tuesday: First of two full days in Tofino. The plan for today was: Of course surf!!! We have booked for 1 o’clock a surf lesson over three hours. I’m really looking forward to it. But first, the most important thing of the day: the phone call with mom and dad. It was my dad’s birthday. All, all the best:) Then it was off at 1 o’clock to one of the many beaches in Tofino. Chetserman Beach is a long sandy beach with very nice and also relatively high waves. Surf season is January and February, but also in April you can still get good waves. After a small briefing on the beach we went on the boards. 3 hours lasted the whole fun and for my first time surfing I did very, very well. I surfed at least 10 waves. Surfed three of those waves to the end and stood on my surfboard for over 30 seconds at times. It was endless fun. It was nice and toasty warm in the wetsuits, the sea was rough and with the surfboard under my arm it worked better every time. A huge thanks to Adam, who as our surf instructor, has taught me the surfing super. More of it!
I look forward to my next ride. In the evening we went to get dinner and then to the room. Completely exhausted and tired I fall now in my bed and look forward to our kayak tour tomorrow. Once again so exhausting.
Wednesday: Another day in beautiful Tofino. Unfortunately the weather wasn´t good at all. I guess it rained the whole day long. Anyway our mood wasn´t bad at all, just because oft he weather. Mario and I decided couple days ago to book a kayak tour on this day. So around 12 we drove to the location where we should meet our instructor and tour guide. We´ve been on the tour together with two locals from Tofino, we were having a nice chat the whole time, learned a lot about the rain forrest, saw some orcas from the land, sea lions swimming directly next to our kayak and last but not least a little dolphin called calves. Pretty unique and awesome. The Tour was quiet funny, but I wouldn´t do it again, even though I don´t regret at all. Tomorrow we´re heading to Courtnay. About a three hours drive.
Thursday: Bye Bye Tofino. Hello Courtnay. We left Tofino and went to all the nice beaches between Uculelet and Tofino. Awesome. We watched the surfers catching all the waves and enjoyed sometimes kilometers without anyone being at the beach. We had lunch in Uculelet and hit the road again for our 3 hours trip to Courtnay, where we will do some wine and beer tastings. Keep u updated😊
Friday: An exhausting day was goign to come. Yesterday evening we arrived at our AirBnB. Quiet funny, because it is a blueberry farm and I already had contact with them via workaway. I asked them if they would need some help for beginning for may as a volunteer, but they declined me xD
Anyways. We got up really early, because today the pool fort he West Coast Trail opened. For all of you who wanna know what this is… a 75km hike, that takes 5 to 7 days. Located in the Pacific Rim National park at the West Coast of Vancouver Island. 7 day of hiking without service, only the stuff u packed for it before, through the wild nature. For details… check it out online. Then we had breakfast and I called the a cab to 10:30am. Why did u order a cab, if u have your own car? Good question. Like I said we were on our way for a wine tasting, so noone could drive. First winery was the „40 Knots Winery“. It is located close to Courtenay in the Comox Valley. A pretty new wine region, that grows from year to year and the wines are getting better every year. We did a wine tour and a tasting and ordered afterwards some salmon, a bottle of wine and enjoyed the vineyard with beautiful weather. We had a nice chat with the woman behind the counter. After this one we kept going to the next winery. „The Beaufort Winery and Estate“ is also located in the Comox Valley, but a bit further away from Courtenay. We did a tasting as well and bought two bottles of wine afterwards. One of them, is for Kennedy, the owner of the lavendar farm, where Mario and I are gonna start working in a few days and one bottle for us, which we btw enjoyed during dinner at home. The Beaufort Vineyard is a really nice and chill place. The woman behind the counter was really generous and nice. We had a nice chat about us, our plans, her life back in Germany and and and… I have to admit that I was happy when I felt asleep in the evening. A really really exhausting day, just don´t k why?! xD
Saturday: We left the Blueberry Farm quiet late. Destination: Campbell River, 45min drive to the north. We planned a hike fort he afternoon. The „Campbell River Lookout Trail“ is a 7.6km hike with an elevation of 680m. Pretty tough, but Mario and I made it, even though it was pretty hard at some parts. The views were spectacular, really breathtaking. It took us 1h 15min up and an hour down. A really great hike, one of my favourits so far. After this one we moved on tot he grocery store, bought dinner and checked in our Motel in.
Sunday: We started the day around noon. Pretty late again. I guess Mario and I are really exhausted from the last two weeks. Getting up early, doing hikes, driving to our next destination, carrying all of our stuff in and out… The last 14 days were really cool, I saw so much that I still don´t realize where I have been when and what I was doing there. Anyways, we went for two hikes today. The first one was a moderat 8km hike, whick was pretty cool. We got some cool views. Then we went tot he Elk Provincial Park and took a look at the really great Waterfalls down there. We still didn´t like it, because we prefer hikes where the nature is untouched. The Elk Falls Provincial Park is so busy and further u got stairs, fences, bridges almost everywhere. We like to go for hikes that are pretty tough and further untouched by humans. Anyway, still pretty cool to see. In the evening we went as the end of our RoadTrip is getting closer, for a nice supper in a restaurant. Sit outside on the patio and had a cool view over the mountains and the sea at the horizon. Cool last day.
Tomorrow we will head to Victoria to bring our Rental Car back, then to the „Damali Lavendar and Vinery“ where we will start working for Room and Board for the next 3 to 4 weeks. Then West Coast Trail (begin: june, 04th) and almost back home at this point.
TBH I have to admit that I am not ready to go back to Germany. I mean of course I love seeing my parents again, friends and all the stuff that I miss, but I feel so great at the moment and I just don´t wanna get out of this unbelievable, amazing country. There is still so much more to see, to do and I love to be independent. Not having daily chores, my strict time schedule for the days and stuff like that. Anyways, looking forward tot he next couple weeks in Canada. I will definiltey enjoy them and will do the best out of it.
Monday: Road Trip start!!! I am excited. I think we will have two amazing weeks ahead us. We started around 10am. We went for a walk at the waterfront. Around 11am we arrived at Fisherman´s Wharf, a really little and cute place in Victoria. We met with Kerstin and looked a bit around and waited for the opening of the shops and restaurants. Mario and I, we wanted mussels. I do love them. So we had to wait 30 minutes and finally I could enjoy fresh mussels. After this we went to different beaches, went swimming and visited the Beacon Hill park, a really great and nice park. Even in april u already can see so many different flowers. We continued to Government House and after this tot he Craigdarroch Castle. Two places, where I was glad to see them, but I definiltey didn´t have to see them. So, not a MUST-SEE! But… while we were at the Government House, we took part in a film. Actually we didn´t take part, but we saw how they were producing a film from a bit further away. Some romance… Anways. In the evening we had supper at an Irsih Pub in Downtown Victoria. I had Bangers&Mash, really delicous.
Tuesday: Because we´ve ssen almost everything in Victoria on Monday, we decided to drive a bit out oft own to go for some hikes. We did two Hikes on this day, one was moderat, the other one difficult. Both hikes were really great. We started around 10am, picked Kerstin up and drove to the Goldstream Provincial Park. The first hike was a 4km long hike with an elevation of 250m. The two cool things about it were the waterfall in the beginning and the railway at the end, it was an old wooden bridge, where in the past trains passed it. Unfortnunaley we weren´t able and allowed to walk or even cross the bridge anymore, because of the fact that a 16 years old boy commited suicide in januar, terrible… Jumped of the bridge. So they put a fence around it. But u can easily walk around the fence, I guess the fence is more like: „Don´t cross here, this is a warning“. But because someone was working on the fence we didn´t cross, we decided to come back Wednesday morning. After this really great hike, we went on to a much more tougher one. Then FInlayson Mount, close tot he Goldstream Trestle Hike. 6km, 450 elevation. The difficult part about it was, that it was very steep and also u had to climb a lot. Anyway it was exhausting, but we all made it, even Kerstin, who said in the beginning: „I am not gonna make it“. Good job!!! Beautiful views from the top. After this we hiked down, also really tough, especially for my mind. Always pay attention, that u put ur foot in the right spot. We cooked in the evening and went to bed early.
Wednesday: Next destination: Sooke, about 45km away from Victoria. But first, we drove again to the Hike from yesterday. We went up and were lucky that noone was working on the fence, so we could easily cross the bridge. These pictures were taken here. Then we continued our drive to Sooke, stoped closely before the city and had lunch. From there we went tot he Potholes Provincal Park and went for another hike with a nice waterfal and a glacier lake at the end. After 4km hike to the Lake we enjoyed the swim in the lake. Wild nature, completely quiet, noone around us. I do enjoy this, especially after the time in Vancouver, wehre u have people everywhere around u. Anways, after this 8km hike with 240 elevation, we went to our AirBnB, which was directly close to the Park. In the evening we drove to Sooke and had dinner at a mexican restaurant, really great. Our waitress was a really nice 60 years old woman from columbia, we had a nice chat with here. Thanks for having us.
Thursday: We started this day a bit more relaxed. Left the AirBnB around 11am. Then we enjoyed our whole way from Sooke to Port Renfrew. A coast street where u got incredible views of the ocean. Mostly, because of the good weather, we were also able to see some parts of the USA. Really great. A nice drive, where we stopped several times to see the Surfers down at the beaches. We arrived in Port Renfrew around 1:20pm. We had lunch and walked a bit in the little city. But tbh there wasn´t a lot to see, so we kept moving on. Our destination was Lake Cowichan. We arrived there late afternoon, I went for a run and Mario ordered some food, what we picked up together later. Nice evening… Mario and I had a great chat with some beer😊
Friday: A really nice day. Today we started really early, because we headed out for two hikes. One of them, was close to Lake Cowichan. It is a 10km Hike with an approx elevation of 450m. „Bald Mountain“. So pretty tough. The weather wasn´t that good, but at least we didn´t have any rain. We were the only people, except of three womans, who hiked the trail. They were around 60 years old and in really good shape. We hiked some parts together and had a really nice chat about the West Coast Trail, Germany, the „Damali“ Lavendar Farm and about Van Island. Nice meeting u! In the end the 450m elevation and the 10km were worth it. We had a spectacular view from the top oft he mountain. I called my parents to share thsi incredible view over the Lake, the mountains. Really great.
After this, we moved on to Duncan, a 30min drive. We had lunch at a chinese restaurant. Was pretty good. Afterward we moved on into the direction of Nanaimo. Half way we started the second hike of the day. The „Banon Creek Falls Trail“ was so far the less exciting and coolest hike. We hiked around 11km for almost nothing. Well, I have to admit we saw a really great waterfall at the end, but that was that. Nothing else on our way. At some places it was really steep and especially the last part was really tough. Anyway, I don´t regret it. Nice hike too.
After this one we headed to our AirBnB in Nanaimo. The day was really exhausting and we were really happy when we arrived at our BnB, until we saw the building and especially our room. Unbelievable!!! Everything was dirty, the floor was sticky, the dishes weren´t clean at all and the whole room smelled of smoke. Disgusting, just disgusting… So we I went down to the reception and complained. The women admit that this is not acceptable, after she saw it and offered us a „fresh renovated room, where noone has slept before“. When we entered the room, weh ad the same problem. I really think, she lied and just said it with the expectation that we woulnd´t complain anymore. While discussing with her about a refund, a discount or anything else, Mario was looking for some other places for the two nights. We called a Hotel in Nanaimo and luckily we could get a room for two nights. So we decided to leave the BnB directly and moved to our Hotel. I could make a deal with the woman and she agreed to our proposal to get the whole refund. When we arrived I was just happy to sleep in a clean, non-smoking and nice room. Now I had to deal with the whole refund. Annoying! Anyways… Let´s talk about the good things.
Saturday: The good weather, which weh ad the last couple of days, ended… Unfortunately. Until 3pm we dealt with a lot of organisation. Refund, planning the next couple days and stuff like that. After this we met with Luca, happy to see her again. Luca bought a car and is currently travelling on Van Island until she moves to Ontario. She is gonna work there on the same farm like I did. We ate our first Nanaimo Bar, too overhyped, but really great and I did like it a lot. Walked a bit around and enyojed the bad weather. TBH Nanaimo doesn´t have a lot to offer. I mean, a city with almost more than 90.000 people living in it, could offer more than just the things we saw. But definitley nice for a day trip (when the weather is good). In the evening Mario and I cooked Sirloin Steak with asparagus and potatoes and for 9:00pm we booked a spot fort he swimming pool. Really nice to relaxe in hot water, especially because the last weeks, we only went swimming in the cold ocean, the lakes or some rivers. Always really cold, but we just enjoy it and wanna go for a swim in every lake, which we pass. Already got 7😊
Sunday: We had breakfast in our Hotel (was included) and then we met with Luca again. We went for two small hikes on this day. Why? Two reasons: 1. I have a blister on each foot and it really hurts when I go for a hike and 2. The weather was so shitty. The first hike was about 1,2km long and we saw a really great waterfall and further some nice trails. After this we went for a 5km hike with an elevation of 130m. SO nothing… We walked on railways, jumped into the lake while it was raining and enjoyed the trail. Meantime, I really enjoy to go for a swim in the lakes. Further it was also cool, that Luca joined us. Hope we will see us soon again. If not, we will go for a hike in the „Dammer Berge“😉. We went seperated ways. She went back to Nanaimo and will go to Vancouver soon. Mario and I went on to Port Alberni and we sleep at Bills and Millys place. Two 70 years old folks, who are retired and just enjoy the country live. They made a really nice supper for us and tomorrow morning they will prepare a breakfast. Mario and I really enjoy our time here and we get along really great. I am happy to call myself his travel buddy. If you wanna know something about him, check him out on instagram: @marioschrenk (safe, ohhh man ey @mario)
I will keep u updated, stay safe, healthy and tuned,
Monday: My last day of quarantine. Tomorrow I finally be able to go out again. I am looking forward to it. Today I started to pack everything. I will clean everything and wanna plan my goodbye from Mel. I would like to give him my bike and a little letter to say: „Thank you for everything.“ – I really had a nice time at Mel´s place, even though I got Covid here. For all the people, that wanna spend a nice time in Vancouver and would like to get some local advices, I can recommend Mel. I enjoyed my time at yours. Thank you. But now I am looking forward to my next adventure. VANCOUVER ISLAND. Mario and I will start our journey on the 18th. Until then we will stay in two seperate AirBnB, just to be sure. But then the journey can start. If you are travelling for such a long time, there will be always something. It can´t just be alright all the time. I got Covid, other people have problems with something else, but I learned that you always, always have to stay positive and to make the best out of the situations. Sometimes it can get hard, but time passes. One more important thing ist o take care of each other. You´ll get to know people everywhere where you are. Stay in contact with these people, because in times where it can get hard and you need help or they need help, everyone is happy to have someone. Thanks to Mario Schrenk, Kerstin Freese, Saskia Thiel, Luca Mayer. You really helped me a lot during my quarantine. I also have to say thanks to Sandra, Liesa, Lina, Clara and Niklas. All the phone calls helped a lot. And last but not least: Thanks to all my friends in Germany that pushed me everyday and („the best comes at the end“) of course to my Mom and my Dad. I don´t know what I would have done without you.
But enough. The past has passed. Now I am looking forward to three more exciting months in Canada. I will keep you updated.
Tuesday: First of all the most important thing: A big THANKS to Mel for the time. I got up around 9 and after breakfast I went to the next London Drugs Shop, because I had to ship a parcel to my parents. After that I went to Marios AirBnB to pick up my bike. I also bought a nice gift card, which I wanna give together with the bike to Mel. At 12 Bayern Munich played against PSG. I watched it and immidiatley after it I went to my AirBnB. A nice appartment close to the english bay in Downtown. Maybe I will attach some pictures. Went for a short walk, bought some stuff and cooked in the evening. It is just incredible to feel freedom again. I don´t wanna know how people like Nelson Mandela or people who got convicted innocent must have felt. Anyway nice to be allowed to go out again. I am looking forward to my last days in Vancouver. Don´t k so far what I´ll do😊
Wednesday: I started the day at 9. I had breakfast and then a phone call with my parents. Watched Dortmund at 12 and in the afernoon I had some stuff to take care of. Went to the Laundry Valet, because I can´t make laundry in the AirBnB. First time for me. Just needed some nickles. After this I just went for a walk and enjoyed the sunset at the english bay. In the evening I had a phone call with Niklas.
Thursday: First time ever seeing Mario in Real Life. We had a really cool day together. At the moment everybody is just enjoying the nice weather weh ave here in Vancouver. For this time it is unusal but I mean I take it 😊 Mario and I went to the MOA, Museum of Anthropology, close to the UBC. It is a museum about native and I can highly recommend you not to go there. I expected to get to lean something about natives and all that stuff, but instead I found porcelain from germany. After that, we went down to the beach and walked the whole waterfront down until Kitsilano Beach. The cool thing about it was that the beach is a nudist beach. So we expected to see something, but instead we voluntarily looked the other way. In the evening we went to COSTCO and Mario enjoyed his first poutine ever and we saw the sunset above the english bay. Nice first day with my mate, which I am going to spend with the next 8 weeks, almost.
Friday: North Vancouver, Cleveland Dam, English Bay. That was th eplan for today. I wanted to show Mario some cool spots in the city. In the evening we went swimming. Also a pretty nice day.
Saturday: Last day before our RoadTrip starts. Phone call with Mom and Dad. Met with Mario and in the evening with Clara. She got out of quarantine and I definitley wanted to see here one more time before I am leaving Vancouver and she goes back to KW. I really had a great time with u @Clara, even though the end wasn´t great at all xD
Sunday: Big and exhausting day: We started around 10am. Train, another train, bus, ferry, bus another bus, rental car and then we arrived around 5pm in Victoria. Long day. In the evening we went for a snack at Fisherman´s Wharf.
In the end I really didn´t give u all a lot of informations, but the most important parts are in it. This will probably be like this fort he next few weeks. Two weeks… Road Trip wth Mario… Vancouver Island.
Sunday, 12.04.21. I am still doing very well. My quarantine is coming to an end. I am very happy when I can go out again. I miss the freedom of movement very much.
But all the more I am looking forward to all the plans I still have. So, here in Canada everything is going on.
BTW, Mel is back from the hospital. I am very happy for him. He is doing better from day to day. That’s great!
The important thing first. I am still doing great. I got a little bit of sore throat in the morning, but after I got up it went away and now I feel good.
Fifth day of isolation. Thursday. No soccer match today, but I had two really nice phone calls with Leopold and Jonah. It was nice to chat with u guys, especially because we didn´t have a chat for a long while. After that I answered all the really nice messages from friends and family. Further I started editing my videos and just relaxed a bit. In the evening I am going to cook something. BTW yetserday I amde Lasagne and I still got some leftovers 😊
Mel is getting better every day. That´s important too. At the moment he only needs 2L of oxygen every day. Yetserday he needed 4L. He is doing better and I am happy about it.
First of all. I am still feeling great. Don´t have a lot of symptoms.
Today is Wednesday. Fourth day of self isolation. I got up around 8.30. I had a phone call with my two lovely parents. I am really so grateful that they are there form e in every second. I could also call them at any time. It is always nice to see and to have a chat with u. After that I had a Phone Call with Verena, a woman from the „Lokalzeit WDR“. Stay tuned, something cool will come xD. This took about 45min. Then at 12 I watched Bayern Munich against Paris Saint Germain. Champions League. Really good that I have to stay in quarantine while Champions Legaue Time😊
After this I just relaxed, slpet a bit. In the evening I did some organizations. Road Trip, apartment for Vancouver and all the other stuff. Anyway, I got also a phone Call from the Public Health Centre Vancouver. They asked a ton of questions…. I told them everything. Apparently I can get out of quarantine earlier than I expected it. That was great news.
Stay safe and healthy, take care of each other and don´t undererstimate the virus.
Today is Tuesday evening and it is the 3 day in quarantine with Covid.
So far I am still doing well. Continue to rest, move around a bit to get the immune system going.
For those wondering how Mario and I are doing now. We were able to move everything to the back, the rental car, apartments, etc. That means it won’t be a problem.
I’ll keep you all posted with a little update. Only 11 days left, where as of tomorrow then only 10! I continue to cure myself!
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