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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.

Since most of the market is indoors, we strolled through the busy stands without getting wet.

The market has a special building called Kids market, with toy stores and other kids activities. We spent a lot of time there. As the rain let up we decided to continue walking around. We reached Broadway, but turned into the wrong side, meaning not so interesting. We had a late lunch in a Korean restaurant, and it wasn’t such a big hit (culinary strike 3). People said Vancouver has great food, but so far we haven’t tasted it.

It started raining as we walked out of the restaurant. We took a bus back to the center of downtown and walked two blocks on Robson street to the public library. It is a very famous building here because of its architectural style, reminiscent of the coliseum in Rome. We found the children’s section fun and inviting, and stayed there till closing time at 6pm.

From the library, 2 blocks and we were back at the hotel, getting ready for an early evening to bed. We are all very tired.

Good Night,

-Hemi

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