Back in the fall of 2009 we went to Chile, where we met some fun guys from Germany at the beginning of our trip and ended up hanging out with them for most of the rest of the trip. Fall of 2010 we visited them in Germany on our way to Morocco. While staying with Chris in Germany we hung out with his roommate Markus for the weekend too. Markus has been travelling around the US for the last month on his way to Vancouver where he'll be doing research at a university for the rest of the year. He spent last week with us in Seattle and then on Saturday morning we all headed up to Vancouver together where Matt had been planning on running the Vancouver BMO 1/2 marathon anyway!
Most of the pictures from Markus' week with us are on his camera, but we had a great time getting to know him better, hanging out, and eating good food. He got some decent weather to go out an explore the city, and it was nice for me to have someone else around the house to eat lunch with (working from home can get a little lonely). He'd been eating restaurant food for three weeks while traveling around and wanted to do some real cooking - it was a treat for us to try some new things and all have fun cooking together. Proof below that he's a good cook - fresh made red pasta sauce that he got me (the tomato hater) to eat.
Saturday we made the quick drive up to Vancouver, walked around downtown and the waterfront, Granville Island, and Stanley Park. We scrounged up a picnic of bagels, fresh cream cheese and lox at the market, and dined on the dock at Granville Island. My first time up there in many years was last year during the Olympics, but it was good to get more of a feel for the city during a 'normal' time and it's really a gorgeous place. Water everywhere, Stanely Park is huge, good food and drink, and lots going on. Saturday night we had some great pasta at Cin Cin and made an early night of it so the boys could get some sleep before their race.
Sunday dawned bright and sunny (an early) and both the boys had a great run and were able to set PRs. I was photographer/cheerleader and thought my role was perfectly enjoyable. After washing up we headed to Red Robin (outdoor rooftop seating was calling our name) and enjoyed some hearty burgers and milkshakes. We lounged on the rooftop long enough to get nice and sunburned and then dropped Markus off at his new apartment and headed home.
Most of the pictures from Markus' week with us are on his camera, but we had a great time getting to know him better, hanging out, and eating good food. He got some decent weather to go out an explore the city, and it was nice for me to have someone else around the house to eat lunch with (working from home can get a little lonely). He'd been eating restaurant food for three weeks while traveling around and wanted to do some real cooking - it was a treat for us to try some new things and all have fun cooking together. Proof below that he's a good cook - fresh made red pasta sauce that he got me (the tomato hater) to eat.
Saturday we made the quick drive up to Vancouver, walked around downtown and the waterfront, Granville Island, and Stanley Park. We scrounged up a picnic of bagels, fresh cream cheese and lox at the market, and dined on the dock at Granville Island. My first time up there in many years was last year during the Olympics, but it was good to get more of a feel for the city during a 'normal' time and it's really a gorgeous place. Water everywhere, Stanely Park is huge, good food and drink, and lots going on. Saturday night we had some great pasta at Cin Cin and made an early night of it so the boys could get some sleep before their race.
