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Published: September 2nd 2018
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Hall of Fame
The British Columbia version of the Hollywood Walk of Fame. We had booked to do one of those Escape Room challenges, which we enjoyed last year in New York (see
Looking Up at The Eclipse and Down on Trump Tower) despite narrowly failing to finish it. It was booked at midday, so we had a leisurely morning and walk there. It was back on the border of the area where things had started to get rough when we had walked there the other day (see
New York, Paris and Sydney in One Day). In fact the world’s thinnest building and the gate to China Town were just down the road from where we were going.
Sadly, we failed to complete the escape again and were not even close this time as we had apparently only completed about two thirds. It only allowed 45 minutes, which seemed impossible. Apparently some other groups had been able to complete it in under 30 minutes, but (and call me suspicious) I would be sure that that had not been on their first attempts.
We were allowed unlimited clues, but it was our view that we should try and finish it without too many clues (i.e. only when we got really stuck), otherwise what would be the point. Anyway we were honourable losers rather than cheating winners.
Excuses over.
China Town
The gateway to the Vancouver China Town. When we left, we were really unsure whether we were supposed to have tipped the lady who gave us ours induction and had been there to give the clues if and when asked. That’s our usual complaint about America and it also applies to Canada. Sodding tipping. We got it wrong also (in reverse) when we hired the bicycles (see
I Still Haven’t Forgotten How to Ride a Bike) where his face clearly indicated that we’d gone well over-the-top with the tip.
My son and I then walked over to Science World for something educational. This is the big dome that we had seen from the Olympic Village when we had been there previously (see
Falling Off a Bridge and This Time It’s For Real).
Our concerns were aroused when we were waiting in the queue as everyone else had little children with them. The only people with an age in double figures were parents. We went in anyway and our suspicions were correct. Science World is clearly aimed at very young children. There were some good things in there, but sadly you had to put up with children jumping in and randomly pressing the buttons rather than using and learning from them as intended.
I can vaguely remember being exactly the same
T-Rex
Inside the Science World. when I first went to the Science Museum in London, many, many, many years ago.
We then walked back to our hotel to meet my wife and daughter, who had gone straight back there from the Escape Room.
On the way we saw the British Columbia equivalent of the Hollywood Walk of Fame (see
Our Made-up Hollywood Tour) on Granville Street. Even more so than the Hollywood version, I had not heard of any of the people mentioned, with the possible exception of Bryan Adams.
We found my wife and daughter by the pool, so my son and I went to the bar for some drinks, given that we are heading back to the states tomorrow where he is not old enough to drink, but he can in Canada. $60 for six relatively small beers between us stung a bit though.
After paying a lot of money to go to a glorified kids’ playground followed by some expensive beer, cheap and cheerful was required again, so we headed to a Denny’s again. This time, however, we found one that was walking distance from the hotel and a 24 hour one at that.
On the way back we heard
Science World
The outside of the dome. a massive bang. We wondered what on Earth it was until I remembered reading about Stanley Park and the gun that is fired at nine o’clock every evening. It was nine o’clock on the nail.
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