Welcome to Canada

I am in Canada. Before I left I had some good last days in Germany. I enjoyed the time with Andrea and also my farewell party at Saturday. It was a great pleasure for me to celebrate my move to Canada together with so many friends.
But finally I had to go. Andrea gave me a lift to the airport and then we had to say goodbye for some months. Very emotional moments.
Eight hours later I did my first steps on the ground of maple country: Welcome to Canada. After immigration in Canada (Good that they send the guy at the other counter home and not me :-)), I took an other six hours domestic flight to Vancouver. Especially the view at the Rocky Mountains was absolutely stunning. Large lakes and big mountains with huge glaciers and high summits. Hopefully I will get the chance to ascent some of them during my studies.

Vancouver itself welcomed me with three days of perfect weather and the forecast is still good. As a natural result, my first highlight was a nice visit at the beach including my first bath in the Pacific together with some seals which swam only a few meters away (the animal not the soldier). Even if I haven't seen so much in the few days since I am here the city looks impressive (as everybody told me). In particular, the Pacific in direct neighborhood to the mountains is really unique. Today, there were also many boats sailing in the English Bay which made me a bit jealous. I hope to get also on the water soon.
However, my focus for the moment is to find a permanent place to live. Thats not easy, but I guess its never easy to find something appropriate. However, I still have my room in the hostel for two more weeks. Lets wait and see. Unfortunately, I also lost my debit card but don't worry I still have my credit card :-).   


Tomorrow will start the ISP (International Student Preparation) where I will meet the other student for the first time. The story will goes on.