Green and colorful

Vancouver really impresses me with it's greenery and many many colors. We had a meeting in Chinatown yesterday and since it was at the end of the day, we had the opportunity to walk around a bit. I paid a visit to Dr. Sun Yat Sen's chinese garden. It was a spectacular little oasis in the city with small ponds and impressive rocks and bonzai trees.

I've enjoyed the city and the food in particular. Lunch yesterday was a fish taco made of blackened fish. It was incredibly taste- and colorful.

The purple garnish was red cabbage which had been pickled in a marinade with among other things fennel seeds. I have never tasted anything like it. Yum.

Finally a little impression from my morning walk.

Vancouver sushi

I've been dying to go to one of the conveyor sushi places. Imagine that the first time had to be a place halfway round the world and then it wasn't even conveyor belts. I did'nt get the name of the restaurant but it was so fun with the small boats going around with the fresh sushi. Too bad I didn't manage to get a better picture.

We had excellent seafood in Toronto, but I just can't wait to let my taste buds get a taste of the fresh catch from the Pacific.

Niagara

Tomorrow we are on a tight schedule meeting with bunches of immigration representatives but due to Labor day we had a visit with the Danish ambassador and then Niagara! It was truely fascinating experiencing those millions and millions of liters of water dropping 50 m plus in to the Niagara gorge. And wet! Lots of water was whirled into the air so you got wet walking on the walkway on the top of the falls.

Toronto II

Sunday morning was on our own. I had the chance to walk around Toronto. Among other places I visited the Royal Ontario museum. The museum originally is situated in the old university but opened a new spectacular entrance designed by Liebeskind in 2007. I wasn't able to get a decent picture of the entrance. But there is one here http://images.rom.on.ca/public/images/ROM2007_9327_4.jpg Otherwise Toroto architecturally seems mayhem compared to fx. Chicago. It reminds me a bit like Brussels were old and new, tall and short is just tossed around in what seems a disorganised fashion.

But the museum was awesome. They had a special exhibition of the Chinese terra cotta graves. It kind of tickled me to think about the distance both the exhibit and I had travelled to meet each other.

I was particular impressed with the standing exhibition on Canadian culture and identity, fx. the set on the death of general Wolfe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ulg6TFoFZk

Toronto

First time to Toronto. The CN tower fills the view from my hotel room. We went to the restaurant on the top last night. The food was delicious and the view of Toronto and lake Ontaria magnificent.

Next gen

Axel has been growing like a bean sprout this summer. I guess it comes with the teenage. And now he officially is taller than Ellen.