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Ein Sonntag im Stanley Park
An diesem Tag haben wir uns die erwähnten Highlights nochmal genauer angeschaut: Granville Island und der Stanley Park.
Granville Island ist eine kleine Insel, vollgepackt mit vielen kleinen Läden zum stöbern und einem riesigen "Puplic Market" mit Kostbarkeiten aus der ganzen Welt. Ob nun Gewürze, Stoffe, Fleisch oder Fisch...alles was das Herz begehrt.
Nach ausführlichem Inspizieren der Insel, ...
From Petersburg (Alaska) to Vancouver (Canada)
... We have met some interesting people on our travels, one being a young man, (28yrs old) who was severely injured in the Iraq war. With tears in his eyes, he recounted some very sad & moving stories of his experiences in Iraq, which has changed his life forever. It was rather sad actually and to think that over here they can send an 18 year old off to war to kill but they are not allowed to have a glass of ...
Gaycouver
... amazing, and the notification boards were really informative, but I felt like I couldn't take everything in, so when Laura suggested tagging along to one of the free museum tours, it sounded like a really good idea. We met up with a group in the entrance of the museum and the guide, Carolyn, introduced herself and explained what we'd be covering on the hour long tour. As we went around on the tour, I was using my phone to write up some notes so that I'd remember what she ...
I'm going north
... opened with 'Spanish?'. He hardly waited for our response but started talking about discounts and insisting we follow him. He took us to the toys section and selected out 2 toys he thought we might like; a toy truck and a set of hooks that looked like little soccer balls. What the ****? Why on earth he thought we could be talked into buying these 2 particular items I have no idea. We laughed in his face and walked away while he followed us, still yelling about 50% ...
Doing the Vancouver rounds (and a hockey game)
... salt....often the drink is also adorned with other savoury additions including olives, gerkins, picked onions and even dried bacon making a feature - virtually a meal in itself! Yum!!!
As soon as we had adjusted ourselves to Canadian timing and temperatures, we spent a full two days quickly coming to grips with Vancouver's public transportation, counting the Starbucks which reappeared on every block (sometimes twice a block), and most importanly scouring ...