Vancouver - One Semester Abroad: November 2013

Hey there!

I know that this is pretty late but there was so much stuff to do for school in the past few weeks.
Anyway, I went on a great trip to La Push, which is located in Washington State. What I was doing there - SURFING! Since Tofino I'm totally into it and so I took the chance and decided very spontaneously to join.
And it was a great decision! It was not just about the surfing but also about the people. It feels like wherever I go, I meet friendly, funny and open-minded people. Maybe I'm just lucky.

We started early in the morning from Fairview where Brooke and Adam picked Juliette and me up. It was a short drive to the US border and I felt very excited to be for the first time in my life in the US - just to realize that this part looked exactly like Canada.
We lived in a luxurious house at the beach which was designed for 4 people. However, we fit 11 (and 13 for the first night) in. We could just go out of the house, grab our boards and start surfing!
Unfortunately I don't have so many pictures this time, but I hope you enjoy these ones!

I have to admit that I slept most of the time during our journey.

On Sunday afternoon we drove to another beach, to have a look at it.

Some tree watchers

This was an awesome trip thanks to amazing people. These pictures can't even explain halt of the experiences I made. Thank you and see you in Whistler, guys! :)

This was definitely one of the best trips I'v ever made. Highly recommended!

We started early on Saturday with a group of seven people (Laure, Pauline, Stina, Tash, Joakim, Jonathan and me) to get our mini van in downtown. After we finally got it, we started heading north and it took us about 4 hours of driving to reach our destination - The Pebble Creek Hot Springs!

Right beside the river with ice cold glacier water, there are little tubs where the hot water is gathering. If I say hot, I mean damn hot. There were three tubs with different temperatures and we sat in the coldest, since the other ones were just too hot. I'm just mentioning that the outdoor temperature was around zero degrees!

Unfortunately I can't present you any pictures of us sitting in these, since I didn't want my camera to get wet. Anyway Jonathan took some nice pictures which I hope to get.

In the evening we had a campfire and of course sausages and marshmallows. Thanks to Christina I was able to sleep on a matress and thanks to Juliette I had a sleeping bag which kept me warm. Thank you both!

On our way back we stopped in Whistler, where we are going to ski soon and while the others found a restaurant for lunch, Tash and I booked a time for bungee jumping! So after lunch we jumped...tied to a rope so we're fine now :)

That was more than enough text I guess, so now enjoy the pictures!

These were the first impressions before the really steep hike began. I'm still impressed that nobody got hurt...

We ended up at a place where we could build up our tents and save our food (in case of bears). After that we searched the Hot Springs and ended up playing a drinking game in one of the tubs. (No photos, sorry)

We returned in total darkness to our camp and started a fire to eat some sausages and marshmallows.

The next day was even sunnier than the first one. I should mention that when we started from Vancouver it was raining, but when arrived the rain was gone. The following pictures show the nature and the hike back to our car.

Hardest part done. Time for more pictures!

On our way to Whistler I took some pictures as well. Partly out of the car window.

We had a coffee in a small village and lunch in Whistler, where Tash and I discovered the office for Whistler Bungee. Since it was a perfect day, we decided to jump as you can the in the following.