Some photos

When I moved to Austin, I got myself a digital camera, making it simpler to allow others to trace my ways in this new country. So this is the place for the friends at home to see where I have been...

Clicking on an image will produce a larger version. To see earlier or later pictures, use the menu bar at the right, which is sorted reverse chronological, i.e. newest sets of pictures at the top.

Vancouver (July 2007)

Back in 1986, my parents took us on a trip in Canada from Edmonton to Vancouver, then down to Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, and then back up to Edmonton. In Vancouver, there was the World Fair at the time. I don't have many memories of that trip, but it was fun to go back to that beautiful city more than 20 years later. I'm sure the city has changed a lot since back then, there's new developments everywhere, with giant condo towers sprouting up all over the Vancouver downtown peninsula. That's a lovely place anyway, with areas for pedestrians and nice views if you're higher up (the dome is one of the pavilions built for the world fair):

It's a beautiful nature place as well, though. Located on one of the inland sounds, with many large and small islands in front of the coast, and a dense and wild forest leading down to the ocean: