Vancouver downtown

Some pictures (still from July !!!):


The bay.

And the other side.

Totem pole in Stanley park.


More poles.


Time for a break!


And back to the skyscrapers.

Oslo - the hole

We can easily agree on the fact that Oslo is not beautiful but recently it became even worse - they are destroying almost every road to put in some heating pipes. It seems like the whole of Oslo is one huge dig hole. Bah!

Vancouver - UBC rose garden and beach II

Heading says it all ;)

Where is the heron?

Presidential elections

Being somewhat close to the States since I spent some wonderful time there I cannot stop myself from following what happens in the last weeks before the elections. What has been a concern in the beginning is more or less becoming a fear: watch the movie and then imagine that there might be a chance that this woman might be the president of a world power with access to nuclear weapons. Experienced or not - if you want to be the president of a country that big you should have a profound knowledge about politics and economy. Hockey rules and moose hunting are not really sufficient. Unfortunately many Americans didn't (do) not feel that way as we could see the last two elections. Btw moose hunting SUCKS!
Please be nice to the world and don't elect a fool again!
Thank you.

Voting machine

This stuff is really fantastic:

For the election in 2004 they had this one:



And this year there is a continuation:




This idea is just fantastic !

Brittania Mine

The mine is about an hour away from Vancouver on the way to Whistler. In combination with the Goldschmidt congress it was possible to go there (and I couldn't miss that opportunity). The mine is not active anymore and the former processing mill is a museum now. They have a problem with metals being flushed into the bay closeby so they have to control all the water going through the mine and clean the ground water with special facilities.



The processing mill - later you can see the inside.




We went to one of the tunnels and on the walls you can clearly see what ore you can find in the mine ;) Too easy for geologists I guess - copper and iron mainly.



One of these transport tunnels.



The mill from the inside - not in the best condition (last production was in the 1970s)





And the nice scenery around.

Vanvouver - beach at UBC I

Some pictures of the sunset this time far away in Vancouver ;)