Vancouver Trip, Continued
For Demaris's birthday we went to Vancouver. Through
familiarity with the city, Jay was able to identify the hotels offered on
Hotwire based on clues in the reviews and amenities list. So for $60USD/night
Jay and Demaris stayed in a gorgeous 4 Star Hotel with a waterfront view of the
Cruise Ship terminal.
Room interior.
For
dinner we wandered down to Vancouver's restaurant/bar district, Gastown. In the
center of Gastown is a steam clock that whistles on the hour and half hour.
Click on the image to see a video (7MB) of the steam clock tooting its
horn.
As usual we walked the town where possible. This is a view of
Granville Island and part of the inner waterway from the Granville Island
Bridge.
Downtown Vancouver as seen from the Granville Island
Bridge.
Granville Island is very similar to Pike's Place Market in
Seattle. It's a large farmers' market surrounded by local merchants and
restaurants. Granville Island is also home to several parks and nature trails,
and there are numerous wandering performers. The Plywood Cup was held on the pier.
Entrance to Granville Island.
Probably our favorite of the wandering performers. It's hard
to beat a string quartet that puts out folding chairs and sets out a violin
case for donations.
For dinner we hit the Candian equivilent of Denny's called
White Spot. They're similar to an
upscale, "nice" Denny's. Similar to the Denny's with lounges that you run
across in beach communities in Florida.
For more pictures from our trip to Vancouver click on the
above image to view the complete Vancouver trip photo album.
Audrey2 flowering.
Thank you for your time in reading this update on Demaris and Jay's life over the last 6 months. We apologize for the length of this update and will take efforts to control their size in the future either by updating more often, or modifying the presentation methodology. We appreciate your time and attention in reading through this update and hope you found it entertaining and informative. All our best,
Demaris & Jay Schneider