Leaving Vancouver

Wednesday, September 23

We all endured a noisy night in our hotel, consequently none of us had the good nights sleep we were looking for on our last night in Vancouver. As well as an AC/DC concert which brought an extra 50,000 (odd) people into town, there was also a girl throwing the biggest hissy fit you could imagine next door to our room! Probably half of the city could have heard her she was so loud, and using the choicest of words, which went from about 10pm to 3am!! We don't know what happened after that but at least it was quiet.

We checked out at 11am and caught a cab to Canada Place to go through Customs and Immigration, before finally boarding the Volendam about 12pm. It was a lot quicker and smoother than when we boarded the Coral Princess but we were the only cruise ship in port today. It was good to be back on a HAL ship and to see some familiar faces from when we cruised on the Volendam in April.

Farewell to Canada and Vancouver

Lunch beckoned, followed by a welcome reception in the Crows Nest. We then took Tony and Angie on a tour of the ship, by which time our cases had been delivered to our rooms so we spent some time unpacking. There was the mandatory safety drill to attend, and then we went to the top deck to watch us sail out of Vancouver harbour - as we sailed under the Guiness Bridge it started to rain, a fitting way to end our time in Canada, but especially Vancouver!!

 

The unpacking was finished just in time to go for an early dinner so we could see the comedian at the early show, and hopefully have a quiet night ahead of an early start in Seattle tomorrow morning.

 

 

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