Following the advice from the friendly lady on the bus, we headed back to Lonsdale Quay for the Caribbean festival and parade. We walked to the waterfront along the waterfront which was magical on such a beautiful day. Isaac was asleep by the time we were on the ferry but woke up as soon as we arrived at the festival tents. Again we were too early for all the action (Vancouver isn't an overly early-rising city) but passed the time playing on the quay with the...

Had booked in for breakfast with some grizzlies on the top of Grouse Mountain via the internet. We got up early even though Isaac is up early every morning and puts himself into his pushchair at about 5.30am every morning ready for his next big adventure! We needed to walk to the waterfront, get a ferry across to Lonsdale Quay then a bus to the mountain. This all seemed rather hassly but worked out perfectly pleasant and straight forward. The sky train up to Grou...

Miserable 'British' weather today but we decided to head over to Granville Island nevertheless. Isaac loved riding on the cute little aquabus especially as a seal was there to welcome us aboard. We arrived too early really as nothing seems to open before 10am. It was nice to see (and smell) everything getting ready in the market though. The kids market was a highlight. Isaac loved winning tickets on the arcade games and I found a wonderful puppet shop. Al...

Started off the day with another muffin breakfast from the best supermarket in the world. Luckily it opens early enough to fit in with our confused uk/canada timings. The flowers are magical. Isaac enjoyed posing for other people's photos and stalking the 'dig dig dig' gardeners. We retraced quite a lot of yesterday's footprints as we were checking out of the hotel. Found a gu zhong (Chinese harp) playing on the harbour wall. Added in the acquariu...