Where did Marieke Huisman go?

Tu 13-Aug-1996:

17.50 Hrs

Arrival with British Airways flight 85Q at the Vancouver International Airport. Eline, Anette Peisker and Ton picked her up. With orange "Holland" caps and Dutch flags and a pamphlet with "Marieke Huisman" written on it. What a welcome committee ... !

20.00 Hrs

After dropping the luguage at Eline and Ton's home we went to the Rusty Gull for a quick dinner, Marieke's first touch of "chicken ceasar salad". Hmmmm.

 

Marieke Huisman, Annet Peisker, Eline and Ton after Marieke's arrival in "The Rusty Gull".

 

22.00 Hrs

Back home. Marieke brought a lot of things from Holland, given to her by friends and family of Eline and Ton. A lot of surprises, also Marieke's gifts.

24.00 Hrs

Marieke went to bed, very tired.

We 14-Aug-1996:

05.30 Hrs

Marieke already woke up after 5.5 hours of sleep. Time difference is really a problem when you've just arrived.

 

Marieke Huisman, Annet Peisker and Eline at Lonsdale Quay with downtown Vancouver as decor.

 

11.00 Hrs

Eline and Marieke brought Anette Peisker to the Vancouver International Airport. She stayed in Vancouver for 2 weeks and has a hard time to leave us. She flew back to Paris today.

15.00 Hrs

Back home, Eline had to go for a drivers lesson and Marieke took a sun bath upon the roof of the appartment building.

19.00 Hrs

We went shopping to Save On Foods.

21.00 Hrs

Dinner: fresh pasta from the Quay Market.

23.15 Hrs

Bed time.

Th 15-Aug-1996:

Marieke's 32d Birthday

07.30 Hrs

Marieke was still sleeping.

14.00 Hrs

Marieke and Eline went biking on rented bikes in Stanley Park.

 

View at Downtown Vancouver

 

18.00 Hrs

Dinner at home: sif made 'nassi'. Willem Schipper from Chilliwack was also invited.

23.15 Hrs

Bed time.

Fr 16-Aug-1996:

11.00 Hrs

Marieke and Eline enjoyed the sun on the balkony.

13.30 Hrs

Then they went to the Lonsdale Quay Market and The Waterfront Park in North Vancouver. At the waterfront they saw seals.

 

View from Lonsdale Quay Market to Downtown Vancouver

 

18.00 Hrs

Shopping for dinner. Two real living fresh dungeness krabs. At the fish stand in the Quay Market they were cooked alive for about 12 minutes. In the meantime we had a drink at the terrace on the first floor.

20.00 Hrs

Dinner with fresh cooked krab. The krabs had to be finished by cooking them in boiling water for 2 minutes. With potatoes and carrots and of course a white wine we had the first self cooked dungeness krab. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm!

23.55 Hrs

Bed time.

Sa 17-Aug-1996:

13.00 Hrs

Taking Marieke to the Holland Shopping Center.

15.00-23.30 Hrs

Eline works at the Four Seasons Hotel.

15.00 Hrs

Marieke and Ton went to his office for a quick look and then we went to the Pacific Shopping Center (under the Four Seasons Hotel).

16.00 Hrs

Hungry? Yes! We took the road throught Stanley Park and had a real big fresh Hamburger at the Troll's restaurant in Horshoe Bay. Here is where the ferries leave to Nanaimo and Bowen Island. We saw the Husdon steam train coming back from Whistler driving on a rail track in the mountains above us. Unfortunately, Marieke was too late for a beautiful picture.

18.00 Hrs

From Horshoe Bay we drove back to West Vancouver on the coast road Marine Drive. We saw three big cruise ships leaving Vancouver onto the Straight of Georgia.

18.30-20.00 Hrs

While driving from West Vancouver through Stanley Park and ending at English Bay we stopped at several vista points to enjoy the sunset.

20.30 Hrs

Marieke had her first ice cream (hot fudge brownie delight) at the Dairy Queen in Lynn Valley, a beautiful part of the town near to North Vancouver.

21.30 Hrs

We rente a rented a movie: Jumanji with Robin Williams.

23.30 Hrs

We picked up Eline from work and went to a discotheque across the street at the Four Seasons Hotel. They always close at 02.20 here in Vancouver.

02.00 Hrs

Bed time.

Su 18-Aug-1996:

14.00 Hrs:

Begin of the trip to Whistler (nr. 1 ski resort in North America).

14.45 Hrs:

We went to the third highest falls of British Columbia: The Shannon Falls.

15.15 Hrs:

From above we saw the Brandy Wine Falls.

16.30 Hrs:

We arrived in North America's ski resort #1: Whistler. We ate nacho's and bought a sweather, Canadian socks and 2 T-Shirts.

20.00 Hrs:

We visited Cypress Mountain on our way home with view over Vancouver by night (cold).

22.00 Hrs:

We rented another video: White Squall with Jeff bridges.

00.05 Hrs:

Watched Night Stand on TV, a parody on all the talk shows on TV. With Dick Dietrich.. (call 555-DICKIE).

00.45 Hrs:

Bed time.

Mo 19-Aug-1996:

07.30 Hrs

Marieke woke uo and went to bed again. Huhhhhhh ?

10.00 Hrs

Marieke woke up again and took a shower.

10.30 Hrs

A rented movie ... again? OK. We saw the first part of Heat (Val Kilmer, Robert De Nero and Al Pacino). Part 1, Wowhhhhhh.

14.00 Hrs

Eline and Marieke took the Seabus to downtown Vancouver. Eline had to work until 23.30 and Marieke took the bus to The Vancouver Aquarium in Stanley Park to see killer wales, dolphins, baluga wales, etc.

 

Vancouver Aquarium in Stanley Park

 

17.00 Hrs

Sharp, just in time to pick up Ton from work for dinner. We first visited Sinclair Shopping Center and then took the Seabus to North Vancouver. Marieke bought some fruits, we had a chat with Ron and Michelle du Buf and took the bus home.

19.00 Hrs

After some guorcious Sushi bar food (we met a 3rd generation Canadian Irish man). Marieke specially liked the alcoholic sake tea and the raw fish.

20.30 Hrs

Marieke and Ton went home to see part two of the movie Heat.

23.00 Hrs

Marieke called her parents in Holland and went to bed.

Tu 20-Aug-1996:

11.00-14.00 Hrs

Eline and Marieke went to Lynn Valley with Sardine Bus Lines (so crowded in the bus). Here they went to the Suspension Bridge and Twin Falls.

14.00 Hrs Hrs

Marieke brought Eline to work with the Seabus, drunk a Frappucino and then went back home to enjoy the sun on the terrace of the appartment building.

18.30 Hrs

Pizza home delivery from Albo Balbo.

19.00 Hrs

Marieke watched a whole series of comedy shows on NBC.

We 21-Aug-1996:

11.00 Hrs

Marieke and Eline went to Lynn Valley by bus.

14.00 Hrs

Marieke went to downtown to drop Eline at the hotel for work.

15.00 Hrs

Enjoying the sun at the roof terrace.

19.00 Hrs

Marieke and Ton had dinner at the Greek restaurant Pasparos on 3rd Street in North Vancouver.

Th 22-Aug-1996:

With the gondola up Grouse Mountain

 

10.00 Hrs

Mountain biking on Grouse Mountain (Eline and Marieke). First they had to take the gandola up to the Grouse Nest Restaurant for a peak summit. Via Frommer Mountain they biked down to Lynn Headwaters Regional Park and Lynn Canyon Park. Then through Seymour Demonstration Forrest to Seymour River. The ride was on full suspension 21-speed Kuwahara mountain bikes. They had excellent sunny and hot weather.

19.00 Hrs

Returned home with no energy left.

20.00 Hrs

Fresh pasta from the Lonsdale Quay Market and then we spent the night at home watching pictures and TV.

Fr 23-Aug-1996:

07.00 Hrs

Eline and Marieke left home to catch the water plane to Victoria. They also visited The Butchart Gardens by bus.

 

Flying above downtown Vancouver

 

20.00 Hrs

Back home in North Vancouver. Here, we went to the grocery store to buy a fresh grilled chicken. We took it to English Bay for a pick nick dinner at the beach and we watched the marvelous Vancouver sunset near English Bay.

Sa 24-Aug-1996:

10.00 Hrs

Marieke and Ton left North Vancouver and headed to the USA border.

12.00 Hrs

After a 30 minute waiting line at the 'Blaine' border Marieke had to pick up her USA entry permit. A terrible costums 'jerk' helped us. Jeeehh, what a burocratic person!

13.00 Hrs

We arrived in Lynden, a Dutch community village in the US. As all Dutch tourists do, Marieke had a lot of fun seeing this 'overdone' city. We had a lunch here.

15.00 Hrs

We arrived at Bellis Fair. A big shopping mall in Bellingham (USA). Marieke bought her new Nike Screetch cross training shoes (women's model) here for only US $ 70.

20.00 Hrs

We came back home in North Vancouver and watch Sliders and The X-Files on video (taped yesterday). At 23.30 Hrs we had to pick up Eline from work, who started there at 15.00 Hrs this afternoon.

Su 25-Aug-1996:

13.00 Hrs

Marieke and Eline took the seabus to downtown Vancouver. Eline had to work from 15.00-19.30 Hrs and Marieke took a walk and went to the beach.

20.00 Hrs

Dinner together, at Spanish restaurant Marbella on Robson Street.

 

Shopping on Robson Street

 

23.15 Hrs

Just in time for the last Seabus from Vancouver to North Vancouver.

00.05 Hrs:

Watched Night Stand on TV, a parody on all the talk shows on TV. With Dick Dietrich.. (call 555-DICKIE).

00.45 Hrs:

Bed time.

Mo 26-Aug-1996:

09.30 Hrs

Marieke and Eline had some fresh French croissants and pain au chocolat for breakfast at the French bakery in the Lonsdale Quay Market.

10.15 Hrs

A bus ride to Horseshoe Bay.

11.15 Hrs

They took the ferry to Bowen Island.

12.00 Hrs

Rented a two persons kayak for a tour along the island coast. A one hour stop at the beach was spent in the sun.

15.00 Hrs

Back in 'Snug Cove', the harbor of Bowen Island for a sandwich in the pub.

16.00 Hrs

Extended the Bowen Island trip with a hike to Coman Point for a view to West Vancouver. Bald eagles were expected, but didn't show.

18.30 Hrs

Ferry back to the Lower Mainland, to Horseshoe Bay

19.30 Hrs

Ton picked us up in Horseshoe Bay. Then we bought another grilled chicken at Safeway's grocery store for dinner at home with Ceasar salad and Victoria Cream chocolats.

23.30 Hrs

Time to go to sleep.

Tu 27-Aug-1996:

09.00 Hrs

Hiking up Grouse Mountain (2 hours ... pfffff).

20.00 Hrs

Live concert at PNE Place of The Crash Test Dummies (coming from Winnipeg, Canada).

Our opinions:

PNE Centre was only 50% filled with people.

The performance of the pre-show "The ... Kings" was terrible.

The CTD's only performed for 1 hour and 10 minutes (much too short for CAN $ 18.50).

The sound was very bad. Which guy mixed this sound so awful?

Somebody from the band (guitar player?) played bad notes.

Brad Roberts (lead singer/bass player) was singing 1 tone to low sometimes.

We couldn't hear all instruments most of the time (keyboard)

The first 3 songs were terrible, Brad excused the band by saying it was because the songs were brand new (from the album 'A Worm's life', release date: 02-Oct-96) and almost un-practised.

CTD News:

Brad is short haired (he had long hair). Somebody in the audience shouted: 'What happened to your hair?'

We 28-Aug-1996:

10.00 Hrs

Today was 'household' day. Doing the laundry, cleaning the house and hanging around doing nothing and a lot of talking.

19.00 Hrs

Marieke's own recipe for lasagne with spinach ... home made. Hmmmmm.

Th 29-Aug-1996:

15.00 Hrs

Eline, Marieke, Barbara and Ton (the last two were witnesses) went to the wedding of Charles and Andrea, who imigrated to Canada last May (from Stuttgart, Germany). The wedding was at White Cliff Park, between West Vancouver and Horseshoe Bay. The romantic ceremony took place at a cliff above the water. It was a clear and sunny day with temperatures of 25 degrees (Celcius).

19.00 Hrs

We had dinner at the Salmon House on the Hill with a great view over the Burrard Inlet and champagne to celebrate the wedding.

Fr 30-Aug-1996:

12.00 Hrs

Marieke an Eline spent the day at Science World to see the movie "The Living Sea" (with music of Sting and Meryl Streep as host). And they went to Gastown to see the Steam Clock and Marieke got her Canadian socks here from Eline and Ton. Marieke went addicted to Starbuck Coffee.

19.00 Hrs

We went to Capilano Mall to buy shoes for Marieke she can used on the next adventure (tomorrow).

20.30 Hrs

We bought hamburges and fries at McDonalds Drive-thru (called McDrive in Holland) and took the home.

21.00 Hrs

Watched TV: The X-Files and The Outer Limits (both filmed in Vancouver).

Sa 31-Aug-1996:

Labour Day Weekend

12.30 Hrs

We had a free Chinese brunch (dim sum) at the Shanghai Chinese Bistro in downtown Vancouver.

14.00 Hrs

We started our last big adventure by driving to the Nathalatch River (3 hours driving from Vancouver on Highway 1 via Chilliwack and Hope to Boston Bar).

18.00 Hrs

Check in at the campground of the river rafting company Reo. We rented a tent cabin, equiped with 5 beds and matresses. We only had to bring our sheets and pillows.

20.00 Hrs

Barbeque party in the dinner tent. The river is only a few meters away from the campground, so the noise of the wild water is always around you. GREAT!

00.00 Hrs

The BBQ party changed into a drinking and singing event. Around the two camp fires one of the guides was playing guitar (he only knew a few songs, which recurred every half hour). A handfull of Candian tourists baded nude into the hot tub.

02.00 Hrs

We jumped into our cold and wet beds, hearing the river below us and trying to get it warm. After a few minutes we fell asleep ... tired.

Su 01-Sep-1996:

Labour Day Weekend

09.30 Hrs

Breakfast in the dinner tent.

11.00 Hrs

After getting into our wet suites and live vests we took a 20 minute ride with second hand school buses to the pull in point at the Nahatlatch river (level 4).

11.30 Hrs

After knowing the safety instructions we went into the rubber boat with guide Ken and 3 other rafters. We started at a little lake, then the first wild water river and we ended up in a second little lake. Here we had to do some safety exercies and we had to jump into the water to get adjusted to its temperature .... brrrr, it felt very cold at the moment of jumping in, but the wet suits get you feel very warm.

Us ... river rafting on the Nahatlatch river, near Boston Bar in British Columbia.   On the left side in the middle are Eline and Ton. On the right, at the far end, is Marieke Huisman.

 

12.30 Hrs

After the second lake we had to face the real work. It was Eline and Ton's second raft adventure, but scared Marieke totally enjoyed the trip once she was on the river. Halveway th trip we had a stop for some snacks.

15.00 Hrs

The trip ended at the campground, where we lunch.

18.00 Hrs

We left the REO River Rafting resort and took Highway 1 back via Hope to Chilliwack.

20.00 Hrs

We arrived in Chilliwack for a visit at Erik Leidekker's family.

22.30 Hrs

We resumed our trip back to Vancouver.

24.00 Hrs

Arrival in Vancouver where Marieke called her father to congratulate him with his birthday, which was yesterday.

02.00 Hrs

Bed time.

Mo 02-Sep-1996:

Labour Day Monday, National Holiday

08.45 Hrs

Inge Geense (Haren, The Netherlands) called us out of bed.

12.30 Hrs

We had brunch at the Dutch Pannekoek house in North Vancouver.

13.30 Hrs

Shopping at Eaton's and The Bay to buy presents for Marieke's home stayers.

15.00 Hrs

After a Starbucks coffee Marieke had to buy a lot of cheap Canadian CD's at HMV on Robson street.

17.00 Hrs

Just in time for a short visit at the Public Market at Granville Island.

18.00 Hrs

Dinner ... well, Ceasar salads ... at Bridges restaurant at Granville Island.

20.00 Hrs

A beer and two wines at the Yaletown Brewery in Hamilton Street (downtown Vancouver).

21.00 Hrs

The big bang from the 19th century canon in Stanley Park almost blastest Marieke back to Holland. But she had to wait one more day, she hoped the plane never came to pick her up.

22.30 Hrs

We had to drive one more time throught Stanley Park at night to merge with the Vancouver environment.

 

View at Downtown Vancouver at night

 

After shopping for chocolats at Save on Foods we went home. Marieke had to pack her things for her departure tomorrow. She enjoyed her memories with Eline while having a few cups of tea.

01.00 Hrs

Bed time.

Tu 03-Sep-1996:

09.00 Hrs

Pick up the last developed films at Totum Colors.

10.00 Hrs

Marieke has to buy "You Jerk" on CD, but forgot this one. Thought, she but a few other cheap CD's at HMV on Robson Street.

13.10-13.30 Hrs

Road test (drivers license) for Eline. Yes! Passed.

14.00 Hrs

Last trip to the Lonsdale Quay Market and Downtown Vancouver (with the Seabus).

15.00 Hrs

Having a coffee and a browny at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

17.00 Hrs

Ton will pick up Marieke and Eline for the final drive to the Vancouver International Airport.

18.00 Hrs

Check in at the Vancouver International Airport.

18.45 Hrs

Last tea in Vancouver.

19.40 Hrs

Marieke disappeared throught the customs clearance gate (after paying CAN $ 15 Airport Improvement Fee).

20.00 Hrs

Departure from Vancouver International Airport with British Airways flight BA 84 (local time).

We 04-Sep-1996:

13.00 Hrs

After flight BA 84 landed, Marieke had to wait almost 3 hours at Heathrow Airport in London for the connection flight BA 440 to Amsterdam.

17.35 Hrs

 

Scheduled arrival in Amsterdam at Schiphol Airport with British Airways flight BA 440. (source: NOS Teletekst page 758 )

 

21.00 Hrs

Scheduled to arrive by train in Assen.

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