Some of the sunrises or sunsets captured while living them at: Iona Beach, Cancun, Shuswap, Shuswap, White Cliff Park, Barnett Marine Park, Burrard Inlet, Capitol Hill, and Hawaii.

Experimentul Elena Blog continua.

Am mai cautat cateva poze pe care sa le postez si sa le comentez. Pozele le-am atasat aici la gramada. Oare cum as putea sa comentez fiecare poza in parte? Cred ca cel mai bine ar fi fost sa povestesc despre fiecare poza imediat ce am atasat-o la mesaj. Oare ce poze am aici? Asa: Prima e facuta de Gelu, din usa casei, vara trecuta, cand ma intorceam de la scoala. In una dintre poze imi amintesc ca eram cu Gelu la Garibaldi Lake. Am mai pus o poza cu prietenii nostri din Sibiu, facuta tot  vara trecuta cand au fost ei in vizita la noi si i-am dus in False Creek. Pe inserat, la ski, la Hemlock e cea de-a 4-a.

I am happy that my first post by e-mail worked! After I sent and received the message that my post is up, I checked it and even corrected some typos. I am going to attach more pictures to this new one, to see how they will be arranged in the posting. The picture in my previous entry is from our hike to Diez Vistas Trail; that was the 0.5 Vista, as we named it that day. I attach here aother picture from the same hike - Vista 1. The second picture here is a sunset at Horseshoe Bay and the last one is a sunset at Lighthouse Park.

I have to recognize that my son Horatiu introduced me to seriously following somebody's blog. He also helped me get my first blog set up and running. However, I have not posted more than one post per six months since I've got my blog. (I am not proud of this.) Now, Horatiu suggested me that I should try again to use my web space and to switch to posterous. He claims that this kind of blogging is very simple: All I have to do is write an e-mail with the subject line the title of my new post and send it to posterous. Pictures can be attached to the e-mail or linked to the post through picasa. Here I try again. Will this new type of blogging make a blogger?

It is Wednesday afternoon. What was I doing one week ago? I remember: sun bathing at Grand Oasis Riviera Maya.

I have to admit that the decision to book a vacation by the Caribbean Sea has been influenced by the many friends who spent their vacations there. There was a chorus of voices telling us that we are going to enjoy it, but before leaving Vancouver I was a bit skeptical of that. I am not used to going anywhere without a big party… Our vacations by the lakes, on the islands or on the mountains were together with our children, their friends and/or our friends. This time around nobody was available to join us: Horatiu is on the other side of the pond, Cristi was having exams, and our friends were not ready for a vacation at the beginning of April. So, here we are: Gelu and Elena going somewhere, for a week, just the two of them…

(I am not going to tell you about the adventure of catching the airplane to Cancun, but I will tell you that only when I woke up the next day at the hotel I could feel that I am relaxed and believe that I am there…)

It has been a very good experience, a vacation I will recommend. Even though at times I was thinking about bringing our kids and friends with us next time around, I really enjoyed being there with Gelu alone.

Can you imagine a life with no worries except booking the next dinner and renewing the sun block? That was it! Or, maybe one more: to hydrate oneself. Therefore, one of us had to do some trips to the bar to get us new beers!

I could go into details about accommodation (Grand Ocean), food, water or excursions… But I will instead give you a link to some of our pictures and I trust that you will get the message.

http://picasaweb.google.com/ehalmaghi/Cancun03?authkey=Gv1sRgCMGtlOrl3-fOrAE#

Daca m-ar intreba cineva cu ce ma pot lauda in ultima vreme as putea raspunde fara sovaire: “Skiing at Grouse!” Am skiat iarna asta in medie cam 3 zile pe saptamana. Si daca tot scriu cu termeni matematici, sa mai dau o medie: am facut cam 6-7 coborari pe zi.

Cum se poate atat de mult ski? Locuim in Burnaby, the Heart of the Greater Vancouver. In 20 de minute cu masina suntem la poalele Muntelui Grouse, de unde luam gondola si in 6 minute suntem pe partie.

In fiecare iarna, de vreo 8 ani incoace, ne cumparam abonament la ski, iar de vreo 5-6 ani cumparam  Y2Play la Grouse. In abonament intra gondola si oricate coborari putem face.

Ceea ce ne permite sa mergem atat de des la ski nu e doar distanta fata de munte ci mai ales faptul ca partia e luminata si deschisa pana la 10pm. Asa ca, si in zilele de lucru, dupa cina, putem trage o fuga la Grouse si in doua ore am facut vreo 5-6 coborari, ne-am aerisit si bucurat de priveliste.

In weekend, sau in zilele in care eu si Cristi nu am avut ore, sau in zilele cu zapada noua cand Gelu si-a putut lua liber am mers de dimineata la ski. Dimineata, in timpul saptamanii, neffind coada la scaune, ai sentimentul ca esti pe partia ta particulara.

Peisajul e mirific. Skiez si fredonez: Oh, lume, ce frumoasa esti!

E minunat cand este vizibilitate nelimitata, fie ca e senin sau ceata in oras. Daca nu e ceata se vad orasul, oceanul, insulele si Mount Baker in departare.  Dar si skiatul pe ceata sau pe furtuna de zapada are farmecul lui: cand e ceata in oras skiem deasupra norilor iar cand e ceata pe munte skiem prin nori.

M-am hotarat sa imi fac si eu un blog. Inca nu stiu ce o sa pun pe el, dar, de multe ori, ca de exemplu ieri la ski, simteam ca ar trebui sa stie prietenii mei cum a fost…