Today was slightly busy.
We started out a little later than usual, around 8:00 a.m. We traveled to Vancouver, arriving about 9:45. After checking in (one room was not yet ready) we worked on figuring what to do with the extra time we had - I had not planned on arriving so early.
We walked to the Gastown section. Here we watched a steam clock ring in 11:00 a.m. We then walked up the hill to a section named Chinatown.
Then, back to the 'Waterfront' area. We walked over to the Olympic torch / cauldron. It is being worked on to be reused on July 01 this year, Canada's Independence Day.
From here we took a city bus over to an area named Granville Island - an 'artist' and craft type community. The bus ride was somewhat adventurous in that we had to figure out how to purchase the bus tickets with US currency - you cannot. For the ride over we used a credit card. For the ride back I went into a Starbucks Coffee shop and exchanged US currency for Canadian coin - the bus would not accept paper money. We had lunch at 'Bridges Bistro' on Granville Island - it was on the waterfront. However, we ate our lunch inside because of the wind.
That is about it for today.
Signed:
The Wayward Travelers
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sounds like today was a more adventures type of day!! Thats cool! I even told Paul I was going to ask you if you had eaten at any unuasual or cool places yet!! You'll have to put a few pictures every few days though! just one or two...maybe including some of you guys too!!
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