Dear readers of the Newsletter of the German Consulate in Vancouver,

This is the last newsletter before the summer break, and also my final month in Vancouver before I leave Canada.

My successor, Dr. Susanne Olberg, arriving from Berlin, will assume her duties as Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Vancouver in the second half of July. She is delighted to have been appointed to this posting and very much looks forward to her time in this city. She will be accompanied by her daughters, and the whole family is excited to spend the next four years in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Dr. Olberg will be the first woman to head the German Consulate in Vancouver, and the first in a long time to serve here while living with her family. There is hardly a better place to raise children than Vancouver, with its excellent schools and its welcoming attitude towards international students — reflecting the city’s openness and friendliness towards newcomers.

With your support, I am confident she will quickly feel at home. She will introduce herself in one of the next newsletters and will certainly have the pleasure of meeting many of you during her tenure as Consul General of Germany in Western Canada.

Please join me in warmly welcoming Dr. Olberg and her family. We wish her a happy, successful, healthy, and fulfilling time in her new role.

Wishing you a relaxing summer, I remain

With best regards,
Marc Eichhorn
Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Vancouver