(Sophie) - We walked to an area of Vancouver called Gastown and ate a delicious cranberry and orange muffin with a strawberry and banana smoothie - the best way to start the day!In Gastown there is a steam clock that is run by steam. Every 15 minutes it lets off steam and plays music! The music is the same as Brownie Bells which we sing when we say goodbye at Brownies. Look at the video.We then had a friendly lady pick us up and take us to Horseshoe Bay where we ...

(Sophie) - Busy day today. We went on old fashioned trolley bus. It took us around the city and up to Stanley Park. we saw lots of totem poles. These were really interesting. My favourite one had two children poking their heads out from a bears ears. We saw lots of huge Cedar trees (my class at school was Cedar!) - one had two new trees growing out of it. another that had been blown down had plants growing out of its stump and another was a huge hollow one and ha...

(Sophie) -There are a lot of weird things in Vancouver like pink bins on the street and rainbow zebra crossings. The most peculiar thing though was when we were walking to the fireworks we saw a man with pink and yellow hair who had a parrot sitting on his shoulder pecking at his t-shirt and wolf whistling. His t-shirt was completely covered in holes, but he didn't care. He was also the hairiest man I've ever seen. There was also a street band with a drummer,...

(Sophie) - Here we are in Vancouver after a long day (up at 4am). The flight was a long 10 hour flight but I watched three films and read a book so it wasn't too bad, and now we are here it was worth it! Just had a little rest at the hotel and now we are going to watch some fireworks!!! (Belle) - I've arrived at Vancouver. Its been a long day and I am very tired. At the airport there was a mini indoor play area that had different punch bags and rollers that were...