Blogs from Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, North America - page 7

Another great YVR layover. I decided to walk the seawall this time instead of renting a bike. I got up this morning and after a few cups of coffee and some fruit. I dressed and headed out for the walk. The weather was fantastic, the sky was mostly clear and the it was cool and dry. What a contrast to a few days ago in Cancun where it was 96 degrees and 100% humidity. After the walk I met up w/ my First Officer, Brett Gaylord, and we took the "Aquabus" over to Granville Island for lunch. We ate at the Sand Bar, a first for me, and it was very good. Nice atmosphere but a little on the pricey side. Off to bed to get rest for the red-eye back to EWR.... read more

Hoy ha sido un día intensivo...tanto que casi se me cierran los párpados delante de la pantalla... El primer plan del día ha sido ir andando hasta Stanley Park, allí me he alquilado una bicicleta, tenía grandes dudas respecto a esto pues el cielo estaba realmente gris y hacía un día desagradable, pero no me he dejado desanimar por las "inclemencias"... La placentera ruta se ha desarrollado sin problemas, unos 10 kilómetros (con el culo hecho una tabla de planchar), a ratos llovía, a ratos hacía frío...he hecho un par de paradas, la primera: en unos curiosos Tótems multicolores hechos por indios en la época digamos de antaño.... la segunda en Third Beach donde me he comprado un café que me ha sentado mal y he tenido ganas de tumbarme en un tronco a descansar durante ... read more

After a series of phone calls from Ruth began to narrow down the likely Olympia rendezvous day to Sunday evening, Judy was sure that her hostess friend's patience was on the verge of evaporation. Having come armed with her border-crossing paraphernalia, she hopped a bus up to Vancouver for a quick return to her Home and Native Land and a visit with Vicky Yehl, a diamond geologist of some renown. After arriving and lunching at the Vancouver waterfront, the ladies walked a few miles along the Vancouver Seawall, one of Judy's traditional Rites of Return, and enjoyed floatplane after floatplane coming into the harbour as they watched giant cruise ships depart and families frolic on the beach. Families of racoons were out noshing, seven swans a-swimming, and a glorious sun a-setting over the Lost Lagoon. Judy ... read more

We have been in Vancouver since 11 May, it is a really lovely city with huge high rises, beautiful ocean. We have enjoyed visiting Stanley Park, Capalino Bridge and Grouse Mountain. On our first day we went on the big red bus, hop on hop off. Went to Granville Island Market, great fresh fruit and veges - must go back there when we get off the cruise so we can be self sufficient and not have to eat out. We then walked down Robson Street (main shopping street) then down to Gas Town (named after a publican that talked a lot (Gassie). We had dinner at Spagetti's big pasta meal, we were hungry as we hadnt had lunch - made our breakfast last the day. On Tuesday we went on a tour to Grouse Mountain - ... read more

Stanley Park: it is named after Lord Stanley and is the 3rd largest city owned park in North America. There were only 2 bus stops in Stanley Park with one being at the entrance and the other in the middle of the 1,000 acre park by the aquarium. Bernie thought we should get off at the entrance but I thought it would be better to be dropped off at the 2nd one. Boy was I wrong! What our original plan was to only walk about 1/4 of the 5.5 mile sea wall on the east side only; so we would be closer if we decided to walk back, instead of using the bus. Upon asking the bus driver how to go about this, he told us to follow this one road which was a main road ... read more