Oli4 and Saartje in Calgary: October 2010

Monday, October 18, 2010

Let the real Canadian life begin!!

Today was my first day at my new job!
I work as a CAD Technician (this means making drawings, calculations, interpret field notes, ....) for Stewart Weir. So I swapped the Tideway Rollingstone for an office in downtown Calgary.
Let us say that is not very practical when it comes to taxes to work for a Belgian employer and to live in Canada... So I made the decision... Instead of working for the offshore oil and gas, I work for the Alberta oil and gas now!
This means no more travelling, no more 6 weeks on but unfortunately no more 6 weeks off... More time for Elmo (and getting ready for the dressage show season next year) And the start of the real Canadian life!
But I have to admit I will miss the ship and the crew... It was the coolest job I ever did!

Tideway Rollingstone

Me and my 8 survey screens. Ah, good times!

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Farewell my dear equine friend...

On the 28th of September, Athena, one of my horses back home, died of colic. Completely unexpected... She was 20 years old.
Farewell my dear Athy, you were an amazing horse! Thanks for all the fantastic times together. You will be missed...

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Fall Colors

Because we didn't really have a summer and the end of august and beginning of september were really wet, the fall colors were amazing this year! Patches of yellow and orange were spread all over the foothills.
So we would like to share these beautiful colors with you.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Summary of Summer

Wow... talk about a busy 'Summer'. Yes I write 'Summer', because we did not get a real Summer this year. The weather was really bad in May, June, July and August. With maybe a handful of days with decent temperatures. Only for the last 3 weeks weather has been mild and we have been catching up on hiking and sunbathing. That last thing maybe is not true. :)

On the other hand it was super busy at our place the last 3 months. We had a lot of visitors. At the end of June, Ann & Wim (Sarah's parents) and Maria & Marcel (friends of them) where here to enjoy our new country of residence. :) They did a road trip through the Rockies and enjoyed The Calgary Stampede (and the opening parade down town). By that time Laurie & Liesbeth (friends of Sarah) had joined the party. Yep, at one point we were with 8(!) people in the house.
Finally in September our friend Hans was here. I did a 9 day road trip with him to Vancouver and back and we had an awesome time. 6 of those days we spent in rain though.
Did I tell you about our wonderful 'summer' yet?

Thanks Laurie and Liesbeth for the wonderful pictures.