Saturday at Wasaga beach - Boules

What a great day! We spent our Saturday at Wasaga beach again.
Chrisi, Enna, Sascha, Kai and me .
A little bit of everything made our day (frisby, swimming, soccer, Americ. football, kiting and boules! In the meantime we had something to eat, no worries...)

Kai and Sascha, you are great boules player....Chrisi, we have to practice a little bit...;-)

And here are the rules, guys (!):

Bocce is traditionally played on an oyster shell court, but has also been played on decomposed granite, soil, or asphalt courts approximately 20 to 27 metres in length and 2.5 to 4 metres wide, sometimes with wooden boards of approximately 15 centimetres in height surrounding the court. Bocce balls can be made of metal[6], wood, stone, or various kinds of plastic. Unlike lawn bowls, bocce balls are spherical and have no inbuilt bias.

A game can be contested between two players, or two teams of two, three, or four. A court match is started by a randomly chosen side being given the opportunity to throw a smaller ball, the jack (called a pallino or a boccino in some areas), from one end of the court into a zone about 5 metres in length, ending 2 metres from the far end of the court. If they miss twice, the other team is awarded the opportunity to place the jack anywhere they choose within the prescribed zone. At this time the team that attempted to put the jack into play first gets to roll the first ball.
The side that places the jack is given the opportunity to bowl first. Once the first bowl has taken place, the other side has the opportunity to bowl. From then on, the side which does not have the ball closest to the jack has a chance to bowl, up until one side or the other has used their four balls. At that point, the other side bowls its remaining bocce balls. The team with the closest bocce ball to the jack is the only team that can score points in any frame. The scoring team receives one point for each of their balls that is closer to the jack than the closest ball of the other team. The length of a game varies by region, but is typically played to 11, 12, or 13 points.
Players are permitted to throw the ball in the air using an underarm action. This is generally used to knock either the jack or another ball away to attain a more favourable position. Tactics can get quite complex when players have sufficient control over the bocce ball to throw or roll it accurately.

Window washer - profession of your dreams?

During my work at home suddenly a window washer appeared ...no worries, its just the 33rd floor ;-) Unfortunately he was wearing a shirt and didn´t have a coke light in his hands...but...respect!!

Hair cut experience

Hi there,

yesterday I had a hair-do. It was - after 6 years at the same hairdresser in Germany (greetings to Maike) - my first experience with a hairdresser in Canada. I felt like a little kid, when she was cutting my hair....Ahhhhh......but in the end, I am ok with it and it was not the first time one told me that I have an "egghead", I am comfortable with it....;-)

Friday evening - enjoy our view ...

Weekend on the island!

P.S. I was the photographer, sorry ;-)

Summer is back!

Hi there!

since the weekend the summer in Toronto is back. (it wasn´t really gone but a lot of thunderstorms went through...)

Our "neighbor" (next condominum, approx. floor 25) enjoys every single sunny day IN HER APPARTMENT behind the window - nude!!!! (why nobody tell her that she doesn´t get a tan across glass ;-)) (we will see if we can make a shot....)

Because of the nice weather I went to the beaches again, this time I chose me blades, it was fantastic and I thought by myself, how wonderful life can be...(if one doesn´t have to work in the afternoon...) I enjoyed some time reading a book an took that picture while I put off my blades to lie down on the beach.....enjoy!

"I-Tanne"

There were times I was not interested in technical things...until I arrived in Canada (and to be honest - I am not really interested in them now, but...) Staying with Kai makes it necessary to study at least some of those little things...! I never thought that I wouldn´t be able to switch on the TV, or the DVD, or....but it´s not so easy...:-)

When I started working it became necessary to search for a new cellphone (it was more a doctorial theses...) In Canada you are not getting a contract and a cellphone...no. You have to pay for everything. And if you are not paying attention, you are unable to call people because "it´s not in the package"...but make a long story short...I bought an I-PHONE 3 G!!! Tataaaa!!!

I can tell you...it was the best decision (as a non-interested person in technical things) because it makes life easier!!! (you are welcome, apple!!!)

Since than I have a new nickname: I-Tanne! ;-)

Have a good one!

Changes???

Some of you might wonder how we arrange our relationship here in Toronto?

Maybe you get a better idea, now??? :-)

long weekend in Ontario

Hi there,

after a long weekend with nice entertainment progamme I will share my experiences with you...

On Saturday we planned to leave for Buffalo (US) to go shopping. Unfortuneatly some more Canadians had the same idea...on a long weekend, so we shortened the programme and visited the NIAGARA FALLS, I didn´t see before. After finishing our "touri-programme" on Saturday we enjoyed the sun as a usual Torontonian on Sunday.

We were riding our bicicles to the Thommy Thomson Park: it is located on a man-made peninsula that extends five kilometres into Lake Ontario. One of the most significant features of the park is the colonization and succession of various plant communities. These wetlands, meadows and forests now support many threatened and unusual species. Nature pure: and we saw our first beaver - the national animal of Canada (no, it´s not the bear).

On Sunday evening we were invited to a barbeque at Eike´s and Kathi´s place. It was very nice to enjoy such a wonderful evening with nice people (approx. 10 Germans and 3 Canadians)! So we have some new friends here in Toronto and that´s a good feeling!!! :-)