We were picked up at the airport by Jon's cousin, who took us to the place we are staying / house- and cat-sitting. On the 28th floor, the view looks out over False Creek and Granville Island. Verrrrrrrry nice--see?
On Tuesday, we walked through downtown Vancouver to Stanley Park. It was a little cold, but not rainy, so I was able to take plenty of pictures. You can see the full slideshow here.
Wednesday we decided to hit the Farmers Market on Granville Island, which was lots of fun, but dangerous--we had some serious sensory overload! We started out by taking the False Creek Ferry over, then just walked around and looked at all the shops. Finally, we went inside the market and did some grocery shopping. Gorgeous pictures of our day are right over here. We finished up our afternoon by walking to the Vancouver Central Library and being amazed by the grand architecture and massive collection of books. An unplanned stop at JapaDog made our evening complete!
By Thursday it was raining for pretty much the whole day. We went to visit the University of British Columbia (UBC), planning to see the botanical gardens and other features, but instead decided to spend the whole morning indoors at the Museum of Anthropology, which gave us plenty of opportunities to practice our amateur photography skills. Nice that they have a pass that covers all the different sights and you don't have to use it all in one day! Enjoy my slideshow of pictures from the museum--I hope I selected a nice representation of the 1000's of artifacts and objects they have from all over the world.
So today is Friday, and we decided to take it easy, giving me a chance to catch up on my vacation blogging! I hope you enjoyed a vicarious visit to the north with me. Check back soon for part two!
