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