Burda Family Chronicles

Dogs and sledding

Please enjoy this youtube video of the kids and the dogs in the back yard during our Christmas break.

Back to school pictures with the kids

As is our tradition, we took pictures outside our home at the start of the school year. This year we added a video. Not a lot of action but I hope someone enjoys it.

Cecilia prepares her list of school supplies.

Cecilia is excited about her first day of school as a 7th grader.

Japanese Royal Family Motorcade

We were walking down Burrard street on our last day when we noticed that the motorcycle patrol started to stop traffic.

A little while later, the motorcade for the Japanese Royal Family moved through the city.

Here are pictures from our trip to Vancouver and Vancouver Island.

Enjoy and feel free to add comments to the pictures themselves.

Vancouver

View of swimming area at Lynn Valley Creek

This video gives you a sense of how deep the water is and how rocky the area is.

Mike

Jellyfish at Vancouver Aquarium

Cecilia and Tristan with a Millipede

Cecilia and Tristan let a millipede crawl over their hands at the Vancouver Aquarium.

Tristan jumps into Lynn Valley Creek

Tristan wanted to swim in the Lynn Valley Creek. Unfortunately, we did not bring swimming trunks. After a lot of thought, we consented to let Tristan swim with his jeans. This is the video of Tristan jumping into the water.

Beluga whales at Vancouver Aquarium

This is a short video of the Beluga whales at the Vancouver Aquarium.

Interview with totem artist

We were preparing to leave Granville Island. We took a detour down an alley and met a totem pole artist. He allowed us to record him and ask questions.

Cecilia walks along sidewalk waterfall

We were walking back into Vancouver during our vacation. We came across a waterfall built into the steps. Cecilia is walking over the area where the waterfall ends.

Upclose view of free standing rock structures

We were riding our bikes along the seawall at Stanley Park. It was starting to get late. As we neared the end of the trail and headed towards the city, we came across these amazing structures. We stopped climbed down to the water and viewed them up close.

Tristan and Stacy at Lynn Valley Creek

This is a video from our trip to Vancouver. We visited Lynn Valley Creek to walk across the suspension bridge. After the bridge, we walked up a trail to a nice beach in the creek.

Tristan enjoyed himself.

Jellyfish at Vancouver Aquarium

Video of Jellyfish at the Vancouver Aquarium. They are amazing.

Tristan jumps into Lynn Valley Creek

This is a video of Tristan jumping into Lynn Valley Creek. This is a mountain stream. Of all the places we walked, the two places where we did not carry swim trunks were great opportunities for swimming.

We had rented a car which allowed us to travel to Lynn Valley. This was the last day to rent the car so we knew it was unlikely that Tristan would return to swim. Since Tristan had a change of clothes in the car, we allowed him to jump into the water.

The water is very cold. Tristan did not realize that before he jumped into the water. However, he quickly realized after jumping into the water.

We felt a little bad that Cecilia was not able to swim. We gave Cecilia the option but she quickly realized that the water was very cold.

Mike