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Our day starts at 10am for a short tour of Vancouver, the last stop was an elevator ride to the Vancouver Lookout a panoramic observation deck (similar to Sydney Centre Point Tower) with revolving restaurant. The weather was on our side again, we had unobstructed views of picture-perfect Vancouver, on a cloudy day – the clouds disappeared for the time we were there.
Our tour ended at Canada Place where we originally left for our cruise, this time we got to walk along the waterfront, with a viewing of the Olympic Cauldron and Digital Orca near the Convention Centre.
For lunch we returned to Granville Island, as we stopped for a short while on the city tour and decided it was a fun place to go. Granville Island is not really an island, it's a sandbar, under the Granville Street Bridge, and was once a manufacturing and industrial area, now a farmers market with local produce and arts and crafts. Also in this area is a separate Kids Market and Maritime Museum. Blackberries were Dad’s first purchase, they were so juicy, his fingers were purple after eating a tub of those. I bought the raspberries, for our breakfast to go with yogurt. At the markets there was a particular French influence, clam soup for me, cream corn for Dad - yummo on a cool day of about 18 degrees. Then Mum and Dad had to have a slice of lemon meringue pie for you sister!
Vancouver is one of the most dog friendly cities, and it’s noticeable, well looked after dogs are walked everywhere, and there are so many shops selling dog things. Yes we ventured into one shop and it was a bit of fun – for you Tahla and all our doggy friends xx.
Just before we left Granville Island, we bought some salad ingredients and chicken roasted in honey rosemary at the markets for dinner back at the hotel, we took a False Creek Ferry, not what I would call a ferry, more so a bath tub tug boat, so cute, to Yaletown and then returned to our hotel for a relaxed evening.
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Anony Mouse I know you are really in Whistler. Sorry you missed my call. Please send my love to your Mum and Dad. I am over those jokes about them having a whale of a time. Plenty of mooooooooooooosies to come.
CJ Mmmmmmm LMP!
Zali Woof Woof, all under one Woof, love it. xx
CJ Haha, cute!
abeliwasierisaw Ok, back on track, yes we are in Whistler, someone told me the reason the place was called Whistler was because of the squealing Hoary Marmot all the time, is that true?? Or a joke!
abeliwasierisaw Oh by the way, still no mooooosie in real view, a deer today - yes.