Granville Island Vancouver

No, nothing religious, that's British Columbia to you.

The Canadian Train brought us to Vancouver. This was one of the places I was really looking forward to visiting. Had heard such good things about the city from our fellow train passengers - and many of them were Canadians not from Vancouver! Tried as hard as I could, but I can say …

We were very tired from our flight and were in bed last night by 8.30 pm (the kids and Silvio) / 9.15 pm (Nadine). At 4 am, the kids decided it was time to get up. We tried to get them back to sleep for an hour, but gave in at 5 am, when it became apparent that their body clocks were stronger than our sleep-deprived wills. We entertained them in …

We had a 4:30 wakeup call and boy was that early. While getting ready Ann realized that she forgot her toothbrush and deodorant; not a good way to start the day. The airport shuttle was scheduled to pick us up at 5:40 so we checked out with 3 minutes to spare and waited for the shuttle. A couple with two kids and eight seventy pound bags also …

Today we had part two of our dance/monologue workshops. This time I was with Lucia doing monologues. It was a really informative time. Lucia really knows her stuff, and I be able to have to opportunity to work with her was amazing. Afterwards we ha a nice chat with her, about the play Leave of Absence which we saw last night, and just about her: …

I walked across the GRANVILLE ISLAND BRIDGE and while crossing took the opportunity to take some photos from the bridge …

Day 9 - Chinatown & Granville Island

Today is our last full day in beautiful Vancouver. We have another two walking tours booked to go on with 'The Tour Guys'....these guys are really good at their job....

We met up with our guide Ali around 11am and he took us through Chinatown....this is the old or original Chinatown.... …

Today, I thought I would have a lazy day, draw a little, read, write letters...

I changed plans when having breakfast with Danielle, who is from Taiwan and actually works in California, and Ianthe, from Amsterdam, who stays 2 days here and then will go skiing in Whistler. (wikipedia: Greek mythology: Ianthe, Cretan girl who married Iphis …

Vancouver, Canada. Where do I begin? I'll begin by saying that I LOVE The Couv. It's great, I could definitely see myself going back. The ONLY downfall, (excuse the pun) was the rain. It rains a lot. An umbrella or rain coat is a necessity.

Another thing I noticed, although this one being a positive, was how genuinely "nice" the people …

Today was great after two days of sitting on the train we were able to stretch our legs and tour around Vancouver catching all the sights. We had booked a Trolley Tour on the Rocky Mountaineer with the Vancouver Trolley Company but in retrospect we would have been better to have booked it locally as the only option was to get a two-day ticket and …

I didn't have any huge desire to visit Vancouver but when the opportunity came around to tag along on my husband's business trip - I thought why not and I'm so glad I did.

I was so surprised at how close the mountains are to downtown. You could be in a business meeting and look up and the site of the mountains would be so inviting to go …

... a just a little more on my navigational skills! :-)  On Thursday we took a bus to Granville Island to view the hive of activity. The Vancouver Fringe festival was taking place and we had booked tickets to a show called 'Opera for Heathens'. It was ...

... does not grab you sometimes and this was one of those days.  Friday, and the first day of the Vancouver Jazz Festival on Granville Island.  Jazz hands at the ready everyone.  Granville Island is right in the centre of Vancouver, and ...

... bit further as Linda was getting a bit more comfortable on a bicycle so we biked along the seawall and took the ferry over to Granville island. At the market we enjoyed a nice lychee shake. After our snack we drove on all around the bay back to the bike ...

... gets. It also turned out that when we ran the numbers to any and all possible break destinations, the return flights to Vancouver, Canada were very reasonable. In addition to birthday cake, this diversion would also allow us to test drive Vancouver as a ...

... Calgary, seeing my family and relaxing for a couple of weeks. I crossed the Granville Bridge heading south over Granville Island, a beautiful sight when you turn around and see downtown Vancouver. I wandered down from the bridge and found a ...

... Golden Gate in SF and was designed by the same architect. The following day and after another night at Earls we visited Granville Island Market. From there we took a ferry to Yaletown. We had a short walk round and another beer and headed ...

... . For those a little less adventurous, Vancouver is full of many comparatively safe sports. Walking over the bridge to Granville Island  I watched two people standing each on a surf board tryling to paddle with a canoe oar...it looked like hard ...

... find some action. They are all quiet so end up at Bar None. Day 285 - Monday 21 June Took a 'Aquabus' over to Granville Island then walked around the point to Kitsilano Beach. Lay about for couple of hours then ferry back to Yaletown. You know the ...

... can be viewed as a slide show. I toured the town on the Hop-On Hop-Off bus again, spending quite a while at Granville Island markets and enjoyed a top chicken shawarma plate for dinner from the Bombay Cafe (where the locals were queued out the door.) ...

... is a must-do... especially late in the evening as you can get a whole different perspective of Vancouver. Beautiful. We ended up wandering around Granville Island around 8pm but the market and most of the stores were already closed except for a few ...