Exploring Canada’s Eva Lake: A Scenic Hike
Recommended by a Revelstoke local, Steven from Revy Outdoors, we decided to try a 12-km hike to Eva Lake, equipped with a brand-new bear spray…
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Driving up to the town of Revelstoke from our campground Blanket Creek (24 km), we spent our morning visiting a small nice farmer’s market and bought a yummy eggplant dip (baba ganoush) with a nice Indian-spice twist. Had a coffee and something sweet at the funky Modern Bakery, and chatted with the very friendly outdoor gear store owner and mountain-buff Steven (Revy Outdoors) who explained in length and with love some hiking options around Revelstoke and Glacier national parks. Read More
Okanagan Valley – the Canadian wine valley
We spent two nights in the Canada’s top wine valley, Okanagan Valley.
This valley has a patch of desert-like climate, hot and dry, and it helps to create good grapes for wines. We have never heard of “Canadian wines” but, let’s admit it, nobody heard of Swiss wines, either, right? Read More
Our first Motorhome
Today, on day 5 of our trip, we took over our home on wheels for the next three weeks. We booked a “Run of the Fleet 4” vehicle. “Run of the fleet” means that for a lower price you get a minimum standard guaranteed but the rental company can decide which precise vehicle category you get at the time of check-in. We got lucky. We got one of the top models :-). A 9.5 meter long, 3.7 meters high and rather wide thing with a “living room” that can be electronically moved sideways to increase space. It´s so big, it´s almost scary. Read More
Grouse Mountain – Vancouver’s Home Mountain
Today we decided to go for the Vancouver’s house mountain, Grouse Mountain (1’127m), which is towering over the whole downtown.
We are hikers, but yet, we did not go for the notorious Grouse Grind, a vertical ascent of 1200 meters. Without shame we took the easy way 🙂 Read More
Philippe’s Paradise City – Sea, mountains, boats, kites and Asian food
“Can we live in this city?” is a typical question we ask ourselves every time we visit a new country or city. After living in 6 countries and travelling to many places, we have been always “prospecting” a new place to move to or live in. The more we travel and the older we get, the higher our expectations get.
After the 2nd day in Vancouver Philippe and I concluded that this is one of the most livable cities we have visited so far. Read More
Vancouver Day Two
Another sunny day in Vancouver. Today we decided to discover the city by Philippe´s favorite means of transport: BOAT Read More
Vancouver Day One
Surprisingly it takes not more than 10 hours with a direct Edelweiss flight to arrive at Vancouver Airport. Not so surprisingly, a heavy jet lag (-9h) knocks us out for several days…
But before this, on our first day and evening, we meet Brigit, a friend from Zurich who lives in Vancouver and just recently decided to emigrate to BC for good. Read More
Easter Snowshoe Hike in Pany
A short walk around Pany – we are back in the cold and snow of Switzerland – at least for a while.
Fly, Hike & Travel. 