Tuesday, September 1
After 2 very early starts and long days, we caught up on our beauty sleep and set off late morning to explore some more of this lovely city. At least it wasn't raining today, unlike yesterday when Vancouver got more rain in the day than they have had all summer, as well as exceeding their average August rainfall on the last day of the month!
Tony and Angie headed to a military medal shop in the suburbs, while we headed to Granville Island to have a look around there. This was also our mid afternoon designated meeting spot.
The walk from our hotel to the island was about 25 minutes, and we got to see some different streets and parts of the city we hadn't been to before. Vancouver is certainly a lovely clean and green city, and it usually rivals Melbourne as the most liveable city in the world. We laughed when we saw a coaster that said "raincouver" as we could relate to that after our few days here. At Whistler yesterday they referred to it as "liquid sunshine", so the locals have a good sense of humour about their weather!
We reached the dock and boarded an Aquabus that took us across False Creek to Granville Island, which is under the huge Granville Street bridge, one of the main roads into the downtown area. This little island has lots of galleries, souvenir shops, theatres, restaurants, a university and the public market! We love wandering through markets, and this one reminded us of the Queen Vic market in Melbourne. The produce was amazing, with lots of things we don't see at home, and all beautifully displayed.
We enjoyed a delicious burrito for lunch and a good organic latte, then set off to explore the shops and attractions. Later in the afternoon we met up with Tony and Angie and wandered around some more before sampling some of the local brewery's ISA beer. We all agreed it was very good. Travelling with these guys is such fun and there is never a dull moment - we're certainly getting some funny photos.
After 2 very early starts and long days, we caught up on our beauty sleep and set off late morning to explore some more of this lovely city. At least it wasn't raining today, unlike yesterday when Vancouver got more rain in the day than they have had all summer, as well as exceeding their average August rainfall on the last day of the month!
Tony and Angie headed to a military medal shop in the suburbs, while we headed to Granville Island to have a look around there. This was also our mid afternoon designated meeting spot.
The walk from our hotel to the island was about 25 minutes, and we got to see some different streets and parts of the city we hadn't been to before. Vancouver is certainly a lovely clean and green city, and it usually rivals Melbourne as the most liveable city in the world. We laughed when we saw a coaster that said "raincouver" as we could relate to that after our few days here. At Whistler yesterday they referred to it as "liquid sunshine", so the locals have a good sense of humour about their weather!
We reached the dock and boarded an Aquabus that took us across False Creek to Granville Island, which is under the huge Granville Street bridge, one of the main roads into the downtown area. This little island has lots of galleries, souvenir shops, theatres, restaurants, a university and the public market! We love wandering through markets, and this one reminded us of the Queen Vic market in Melbourne. The produce was amazing, with lots of things we don't see at home, and all beautifully displayed.
The Aquabus
The market
The Granville Street Bridge
We enjoyed a delicious burrito for lunch and a good organic latte, then set off to explore the shops and attractions. Later in the afternoon we met up with Tony and Angie and wandered around some more before sampling some of the local brewery's ISA beer. We all agreed it was very good. Travelling with these guys is such fun and there is never a dull moment - we're certainly getting some funny photos.
Our travelling companions and their props
We caught the Aquabus back across the creek and enjoyed another walk back to our apartment. With boarding the ship tomorrow for our Alaskan cruise we wanted to make sure we could fit everything into our cases again, along with a few liquid supplies that we purchased for the journey!
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