Vancouver
2003
Day 5: Tuesday,
Sept 2
After we crossed the border from Washington
State we continued north until we entered Vancouver.
We stopped for lunch at the Templeton, a retro diner on Granville
Street, the main street as you arrive in town. With juke boxes at
your booth, neon signs, and counter service, what's not to like?
I had a great big dish of three cheese macaroni with corn soup and
a sleeman cream ale! We then headed downtown to check into our hotel.
Pacific
Palisades Hotel.
We were only spending one night (and two days) in Vancouver, so
our hotel had to be centrally located (see my Around
Town pics). The Pacific Palisades is part of the
Kimpton Group chain of boutique hotels, and was a modern and relatively
inexpensive choice in the heart of the city. We stopped in for the
complimentary wine reception before heading off to......
Capilano
Suspension Bridge.
The bridge is located across Lions Gate Bridge in North Vancouver
a short drive from our hotel. This is one of those shaky bridges
you walk across that you always see in the movies. Made of wood
planks and cable wires, it bounces up and down as you walk high
above the the river. Lots of fun, especially on your way back across,
when you run into other people just getting on the bridge for the
first time (see my Capilano
Bridge pics).
We had dinner
over at Delilah's.
This was a quiet restaurant with high back booths (making the booth
seem very private) a few blocks from Stanley Park on Comox Street,
a funky neighborhood with lots of shops and eateries. My entree
of poached wild salmon with a mushroom broth was very nice. But
the place is best known for its eclectic selection of martinis to
sample. My choice had fresh blackberries. For dessert we had baked
alaska!
Day 6: Wednesday,
Sept 3
After a light breakfast (at starbucks!), we took a driving tour
of......
Stanley
Park. This is
a large, beautiful park on the northern edge of the city. It's surrounded
by various bodies of water with beaches, has several restaurants,
a miniature railway, a petting zoo and other activities for children,
and all sorts of sights to see (see my Stanley
Park pics). Then we headed back to North Vancouver
and up......
Grouse
Mountain.
Known as "The Peak of Vancouver", Grouse Mountain has
lots of activities, not only the obvious ones in winter but also
things to see in the summer. We rode the skyride to the top of the
mountain, which gave us an incredible view of Vancouver and the
surrounding mountains and waterways. We had just enough time to
see the lumberjack show before we headed back to Stanley Park for
lunch at
the......
Fish
House.
I had fish and chips (halibut and salmon) and some Canadian beer.
Before we headed out of town we stopped at a small casino on the
eastern side of town, and then we made it in the nick of time to
catch the 6:00 PM BC
Ferry over to our next destination, Victoria.
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