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Hampton Inn, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Odometer – 7721

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A cloudy drizzly morning did not stop us from touring the city. We walked a few blocks down Beatty Street to the marina where we caught an aqua-bus to Granville Island. The aqua bus is a small roofed boat with capacity for 15 people that takes you to various points along the water. Ron Shir and Orr were thrilled to be on a new type of vehicle.

Granville Island, not really and island, used to be a run down industrial area, but good planning turned it into a hip urban market, especially on the weekends. (more…)

Hampton Inn, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Odometer – 7721

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Shabbat Shalom.

Today it rained most of the time. We therefore planned indoor activities and went out whenever the sky let up for a bit. At the hotel we got up around 9:30am, and barely made it to the nice breakfast served till 10am.

When we got out of the hotel there was no rain, so we started walking up Robson street, THE street of downtown. After 4 blocks it started to rain. Luckily we were right in front of the Vancouver Art Museum, so we stepped in.

We spent 3 hours at the museum, covering all the galleries. The first and most impressive was an exhibit of Impressionist art dubbed “From Monet to Dali” on loan from the Cleveland Museum of Art. It was a good collection and by the end of the exhibit Ron already knew about Monet, Van Gogh, Picasso’s Blue Period and Rodin’s Thinker.

The rest of the exhibits were of modern art and modern Canadian art. Thankfully Shir and Orr fell asleep in the stroller and Ron was a good sport. (more…)