Everything is “a little” different…

I am now more than a week in Canada and try to see and experience as much as I can.

The first week I enjoyed at home from my cousin, where we talked a lot – good speech therapy exercise for me, by the way. And besides at home we tried to clear me of a constipation, which took almost a week and was pretty persistent…

We visited the mountains, no, I didn’t meet bears but vineyards. We had tasty foods and drinks, vine too,, among other things in a “Bavarian Restaurant”, which I found funny, but wine is more tasty here than beer. Wee did many other things, especially to visit my other family members.  My other cousin did a big yummie B&Q and I met all family members which I enjoyed a lot.  I’ve also got homegrown grapes, peaches, pears and plums.

My sweet cousin looks after me very carefully, you could say she is more afraid for me than I am, but I know that for the outsider everything looks much more scary than I perceive.

Now I’m in Tofino, and I’m thrilled by the beauty of the island and the ocean. I have 3 days left here, so a lot can still happen. But I ate the best smoked salmon of my life (self-smoked) and not out of plastic and supermarket and not from a fish farm. I also have a wonderful trip on a boat with the best local tour guide who lives on one of the islands. Admittedly the boarding and alighting was not very elegant, actually not at all. It is so difficult, because “in my head” I imagine everything so easy. Get into a boat? I’ve done it so many times before. And then I stand there like petrified, two people talk at me and offer all kinds of help, and I am horribly in a terrible position. Frustrating.

 

Some impressions of Tofino

Unfortunately I am not so lucky with whales, I would have liked to do a “whale watching tour”, but the whales have moved…

We visited the famous floating garden (Freedom Cove), I stayed on the boat, because when I get off once, who knows how long it will take, to get me back in again. There were older gentlemen, easily 10-15 years older than me, who sporty visited this beautiful garden on the sea, photographed the owners, full with questions, chatted happily, and I was a bunch of misery, who didn’t dare to leave the boat. I don’t look like a sick person, especially when sitting and without a walking aid (and I prefer not to use any one if possible), who has all sorts of weaknesses . That is also frustrating.

The impressive floating garden in the ocean

Food is a topic – I want to eat something that  embarrass me in a public and I don’t want to choke.

Seeing all the surf shops, is not better. Not long ago, they were the place where I used to spend my money. I sold my surf equipment and my 3 wetsuits in this summer. When I see the boys and girls riding around on their bikes in wetsuits, I think “shit” again.

 

But I am so glad to have come here to see this beauty, I am very grateful to my cousin Valene because without her I would not be able to do the whole trip. And I have to thank to her friends for supporting me, especially Keith, who is a native of the island, for his time and a wondeful boat trip.

Our “gingerbread house” – fairytale accommodation

Do so many things, as much as you can, because we don’t know what tomorrow will bring.

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