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Day
Three - July 2 - Out and About
We decided
to fit in as much sightseeing as possible, as it was our last full day
in Vancouver. After the beautiful weather of the last two days, it was
a bit rainy, but only for short showers during the day.
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| Waiting
for the #22 bus, which goes downtown. |
Fooling
around. |
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| Got
thirsty and stopped at McDs. Notice the maple leaf in the M. Sorry
to say, everywhere except McDonald's had soda that tasted flat. What's
up with that? |
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the center of downtown is the Vancouver
Art Gallery, which had an Andy Warhol exhibit showing, so off
we went. Click on the image at right to enlarge. |
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| Outside
the gallery. |
Took
bus to Stanley Park again, to Coal Harbour. |
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| Shots
of Coal Harbor with marina in background. |
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We walked
to a hole-in-the-wall place for a snack called Fritz European
Fryhouse (718 Davie) to see what the big deal was about these
Euro-fries, since it was noted in our Vancouver for Dummies book. Kate
had poutine, which are French fries covered with gravy and curds.
Pam was less adventurous and tried the cajun-ketchup dip. Apparently Canadians
like varieties of mayo with fries (gag). We took the downtown bus to Stanley
Park to take a horse-drawn tour of this enormous area.
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| Kate
getting in. |
A
view from the carriage tour. |
Can't say
enough about this tour; the guide's narration was great; she (and Todd
and Silver, our horses) were quite excellent. It got a little chilly in
the wooded section of the park, but we were provided blankets for snuggling
along the way. It was very relaxing to hear the clop-clop of the horses
as we went along.
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| The
bay where the many cruise ships come in for passengers. |
This
was supposed to be a mermaid statue, but the artist ended up doing
"The Wet Suit Girl". |
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| The
carriage briefly stopped so we could take pictures of the totem poles. |
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We walked
around a lot after being dropped off by the bus back in the West End,
and grabbed dinner at Gigi's Pizza & Spaghetti House (1047 Davie St.).
Salmon was good, steak ok. Conversation was excellent. The waitress/manager
chatted us up and we told her that we just got married. She was excited
and saddened -- "Your country is so backward". She just couldn't
understand what the big deal was. Sadly, we had to agree. We picked up
a local real estate circular because we are always curious about what
it costs to live in the places we visit. Boy Vancouver is off the charts,
especially if you want a pad in the West End.
We wanted
to ride the ferry back toward the B&B to grab some pictures before
turning in, so we hustled to a bus that took us over to Granville
Island where we could catch the Aquabus.
We intended to take this to the Science
World stop, but it unfortunately stops running at 6PM, so
the boat captain left us at another stop, which was about a 20 minute
walk to Science World. By the time we walked all the way there, we realized
that it was only about 7 blocks from the B&B.
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| Views
from the Aquabus. |
Skyline. |
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| View
from the bike trail of the BC Place domed stadium |
Science
World. |
By
the time we got home it was nearly 10, so we packed up our things and
got ready for the journey home. Sara had ordered a cab to the airport
for us (5AM Pacific time) and prepared a bag breakfast for us to take,
so all we had to do was set the alarm, go to sleep and get up in time
to go to the airport. Customs was a breeze and we were back home around
8:30 PM EDT.
Thanks
for visiting.
Please sign our guestbook.
We've
received requests for a downloadable/printable version of the album. Here
it is (Adobe PDF, 3 MB)
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