Wednesday 29 July 2015

..... and when you get bored staring out the window at the fabulous
Canadian scenery, here's what the Via chefs are cooking up. 
You can be bored staring out the dining car window
gnoshing on, say, Maple Glazed Chicken, Lobster Ravioli,
Salmon Rose or maybe a little Pan Seared Duck .... 














 

... with your choice of wine, of course!










































 
 



Thursday 23 July 2015

Highlights of our time in Vancouver!
 
 

 
... the art galleries, Granville Island!
 
 


 
... the Rose Garden, University of British Columbia campus ...
 
 


 
.... Museum of Anthropology ....
 
 


 
.... Japanese Gardens ...
 
 


 
... "The Teahouse", Stanley Park ....
 
 

 
... the "Sylvia"!!
 

 
.. the "Pekoe Tea" tea shop!  Right across the street from our hotel!!!
 





 
... the Marine building (opened 1930)
 
 
 
 
... go in and order a "Blended Ice Chocolate".
 Dark chocolate, cream, and ice all blitzed together. 
Nirvana in a plastic cup!
You will never again waste money
on a Tim's ice cap!!!!
 
 
 
 


 
... lunch at the Art Gallery with the "Bird of Spring's" west coast cousin!
 
 

 
.... sitting on a cafe patio at Canada Place watching the
sea planes take off and land!!!
 
 

 
... Skytrain to the Vancouver International Airport -
Broadway/City Hall stop on the Canada Line - $ 1.75 ....
... one dollar and seventy-five cents!!!!
 
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P.S.  For those who have asked, our wild life
count from the train trek -
 
Loon
White Pelican
Great Blue Heron
Jack Rabbit
Prairie Dog
Red Tail Hawk
Beaver
Black Bear - 2
Moose - 2
Bald Eagle
Bison - domesticated herd
Deer - too numerous to count
 
 
 


Monday 13 July 2015

Via Rail across Canada!!!!
This was my third trip via train from Toronto
to Vancouver ... and I would do it again in a minute!
 




(the bridge - northern end of Yonge Street!)
 
 
















 
(I will not embarrass myself by confessing to the number of
 photos I actually downloaded to my PC!)