Having seen all a man could who didn’t dare get out of his ship…
First tourist trip- a guided tour around Vancouver. The plan is to generate a list of things to do each week, to make sure I see and do all the main areas.
I started out with the Sky Train to downtown, which I feel is slightly more local than tourist, but appearances can be deceptive and it wasn’t too long before the camera came out and I was clicking and snapping (with the camera) at anything that moved and most things that didn’t. I have photographs of churches, fountains, trees and beaches and a long list of ideas, places to visit and things to see. I was going to start ticking noteworthy items off my list this afternoon and headed from the bus toward the Marine Building having been informed that it was worth checking out the architecture. However, that plan was soon thwarted as I the building was covered over cordoned off and actors were milling around in front of it. “One of 200 movie or TV shows filmed in Vancouver each year” or so I’m informed by a bus tour system J
With that plan on the back burner for a week or so I headed over to Canada place to marvel at the size of the cruise ships in the docks. It really amazes me how anything that size can be conceived, and what a huge undertaking each one is. With the sun bright, the sky blue, the shore glittering across the bay, the sea planes taking off and the cruise ships in the harbour I really was finding Vancouver an incredibly pleasant place to be.
Lunch was a laid back affair at the Cactus Club Café, another of my plans being finding different places to eat on a weekly basis, although I do tend to get drawn back to old favorites, so I’m not sure how long that one will last. And if you ever find yourself in their I can highly recommend the salmon.
My local adventure for the week was to join the library, which has to be the least touristy thing possible. Entering and joining the library was surprisingly straight forward, it was leaving that caused me some issues. I have obviously spent far too long in my car recently as I approached the barrier with caution, stopped and waited. It didn’t automatically lift, so I took a few steps back and tried a bit more slowly. Again it didn’t lift. I stood and waited a few minutes, then realized that people were starting to look at me in a slightly odd way. I tentatively reached out an arm, and no, still the barrier wouldn’t lift, it was about this time that I realized it was a push barrier and not automatic. Possibly not smarter than a fifth grader then!
So, with a map in my head (don’t laugh), or the very least the Sat. Nav. and a library book I’ve some highlighted spots (no I haven’t written in the book) to visit, I’m going to mix the tourist with the local, and see where I end up next week… I may even master opening doors.
First tourist trip- a guided tour around Vancouver. The plan is to generate a list of things to do each week, to make sure I see and do all the main areas.
I started out with the Sky Train to downtown, which I feel is slightly more local than tourist, but appearances can be deceptive and it wasn’t too long before the camera came out and I was clicking and snapping (with the camera) at anything that moved and most things that didn’t. I have photographs of churches, fountains, trees and beaches and a long list of ideas, places to visit and things to see. I was going to start ticking noteworthy items off my list this afternoon and headed from the bus toward the Marine Building having been informed that it was worth checking out the architecture. However, that plan was soon thwarted as I the building was covered over cordoned off and actors were milling around in front of it. “One of 200 movie or TV shows filmed in Vancouver each year” or so I’m informed by a bus tour system J
With that plan on the back burner for a week or so I headed over to Canada place to marvel at the size of the cruise ships in the docks. It really amazes me how anything that size can be conceived, and what a huge undertaking each one is. With the sun bright, the sky blue, the shore glittering across the bay, the sea planes taking off and the cruise ships in the harbour I really was finding Vancouver an incredibly pleasant place to be.
Lunch was a laid back affair at the Cactus Club Café, another of my plans being finding different places to eat on a weekly basis, although I do tend to get drawn back to old favorites, so I’m not sure how long that one will last. And if you ever find yourself in their I can highly recommend the salmon.
My local adventure for the week was to join the library, which has to be the least touristy thing possible. Entering and joining the library was surprisingly straight forward, it was leaving that caused me some issues. I have obviously spent far too long in my car recently as I approached the barrier with caution, stopped and waited. It didn’t automatically lift, so I took a few steps back and tried a bit more slowly. Again it didn’t lift. I stood and waited a few minutes, then realized that people were starting to look at me in a slightly odd way. I tentatively reached out an arm, and no, still the barrier wouldn’t lift, it was about this time that I realized it was a push barrier and not automatic. Possibly not smarter than a fifth grader then!
So, with a map in my head (don’t laugh), or the very least the Sat. Nav. and a library book I’ve some highlighted spots (no I haven’t written in the book) to visit, I’m going to mix the tourist with the local, and see where I end up next week… I may even master opening doors.
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