Vancouver April 10
It was nice to get some sleep for sure after yesterday's travel. This morning we went to a little coffee shop for breakfast and then walked down to the pier from the hotel. It was about a 15 minute walk to Canada place. Below there is a few photos from the waterfront. After lunch we are going to Jocelyn's for supper with her family as well as Mark, Amelie & Elliott.
Jocelyn picked us up in the afternoon and gave us a little tour mourned her area. She took us to Lynn Valley where walked a little suspension bridge very popular with tourist and to Deep Cove another quaint touristy area where she rows with a group 5 days a week. There is a very busy little marina there.
We then had a very delicious supper with Jocelyn, her partner Dean, son William and sister Maggie along with Mark, Amelie and Elliott. Dean who is an avid salmon fisherman barbecued some chinook salmon he caught along with some chicken. After a very nice dinner and chat Jocelyn brought us back to the hotel around 9:00. We are getting a little more used to the time difference.
Mark gave us a great insight into the use of AI in society today and the impact it's having. Pretty scary stuff.
It's 7:40am here now and we leave at around 11:00 to join the ship which is less than 10 minutes by car from our hotel. It's cloudy and 10 C this morning here and is supposed to rain later on.
Gladys with Mark, Amelie and Elliott
Jocelyn & Gladys on the suspension bridge over the gully.
Pretty deep gully with some great scenery.
Photo taken at the lone big rock in the middle of some trees. Popular spot for photos.
Photo by the creek that runs through the gully. Water is crystal clear.
Gladys crossing the bridge.
Deep Cove with the little marina. Very popular area for rowers, kayakers, etc.
Gladys with the Vancouver Harbour in the background.
Canada Place - cruise terminal where we join the ship tomorrow.
Canada Place from a different angle.
This may be where we actually board the ship at Canada Place.
The Vancouver Olympic Cauldron site for the 2010 Olympics. Notice Wayne Gretzky in the photo. We figured Cheryl led us here. :-)
The Olympic Cauldron where the Olympic flame burned.
Vancouver Harbour - sea plane tours here.
Harbour from another view.
Flight Day April 9
St. John's - Calgary - Vancouver
We had a great day travelling to Vancouver. Our flight was a little late leaving St. John's so we arrived in Calgary just in time to walk to the gate to board our flight. We just had enough time to visit the bathroom for the short flight to Vancouver.
Chelsea picked us up at the airport and brought us to our hotel - the Blue Horizon Hotel on Robson Street. It's a nice hotel and we are on the 19th floor. There is a photo from our balcony below.
Once we got settled away we went out to celebrate Chelsea's 24 birthday with her and her boyfriend. She was very happy to see us and we were happy to see her for the first time in about 8 years. She is doing great here and working several jobs while studying for her real estate license. Jacob is in his 2nd year of engineering studies at a local college. He is a very nice young man.
They took us to an Italian restaurant called The Nook and the food was great. I had gnocchi with primodoro sauce while Gladys had a Margaretha pizza. Chelsea had the gnocchi while Jacob had a prosciutto pizza. The food was great and we shared a tiramisu to finish up.
They came back to our room and we chatted until just after 10:00pm as we were pretty much pooped by then. Jacob has school tomorrow while Chelsea has to work.
We are going to dinner at Jocelyn's tomorrow evening and we think Mark, Amelie and Elliott may be joining us there. As well we may get to hook up with Mark sometime during the day. We are looking forward to it.
The weather was great with many people wearing shorts and it's supposed to be that way tomorrow. Not missing home one bit yet! :-)
Cheers
Chelsea the birthday girl.
Selfie at the Nook
View from the hotel balcony.
Vancouver from the plane.
