I arrived in Vancouver on Saturday and was greeted by the bright and cheery faces of my lovely Canadian friends at the airport.. After freshening up we all headed to brunch and then went for a walk along the water to Granville Island. We stopped off at the most amazing food market where I made my first purchase of the trip… raspberries… yum. After a few additional but necessary purchases (mainly cheese)… we headed over the Granville Island Brewery where we all ordered a tasting selection of local beers.. I struggled as through my selection as the 14 hour flight was starting to catch up with me.. so we headed back to the apartment for a sleep before dinner.
We went out to dinner at a Lebanese restaurant and then off to the lamplighters pub (which could be compared to the gaslight in Sydney)… and had a night of drinking, dancing and singing loudly.
Yesterday consisted of more brunch and then shopping.. where my next necessary purchase was made.. an umbrella…. Kelt and I then headed back to the apartment again and got ready for our next adventure… the Vancouver Trolley Company (http://vancouvertrolley.com) Christmas lights tour.. The tour consisted of Christmas Karaoke and a stop off at two light shows, one in Stanley Park (Bright Nights) raising money for the firefighters burn fund and then to the Van Dusen Botanical Gardens for the festival of the lights. After singing our way between sights we made sure we purchased roasted chestnuts, hot apple cider and pumpkin pie filled waffles..to get into the spirit of Christmas.. Apart from the beautiful light show, one of the highlights of this trip was the poorly translated Christmas DVD that we were watching on the way back e.g “Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas tree, your shall be pray forever” … hmmm.
I’ll be heading up to Sunpeaks in 2 days and I’m looking forward to skiing. I hope that everyone is well and enjoying the season. x
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