Today started with breakfast in the ARC restaurant at the hotel. Then it was time for our first tour of the trip. We boarded a coach for a tour of the city. First we went around Chinatown & Gastown, then headed to Stanley Park. We spotted a few black squirrels from the window of the bus along with quite a number of Canada Geese. We stopped at the Totem Poles where we had the opportunity to take some photos.
Our next stop was a lookout with a view to the Lion's Gate Bridge - built by the Guinness family to connect the north side of the city with downtown.
Then we headed to the Granville Markets. Wow, what a place! They were fabulous and you could easily spend a few hours there!
Some of the beautiful fresh fruit in the markets - stacked in pyramids
Then we headed to the Granville Markets. Wow, what a place! They were fabulous and you could easily spend a few hours there!
And there were quite a few fancy Gingerbread houses too.
On the way back to the hotel, we passed these statues "A-maze-ing Laughter" which were donated to the city of Vancouver in 2009.
After some lunch we headed off looking for waterproof pants which we found out we need for some of the activities we plan to do. Lunch was included in this expedition. Later we went over to the Christmas display at the convention centre (photos on Ali's camera). Everyone was rather tired so we headed back to the hotel for a rest before heading out again a bit later.
We checked out the Christmas display at the convention centre and once it was dark (by 4.30pm) we attempted to get photos of the lights, but I had the wrong tripod, so it was not all that successful!
These last two pics are from our room.
Tomorrow it is off to Victoria (Vancouver Island).
See you later.
Doreen
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