Vancouver 6.8.2022
07/08/22 01:05
First day in Vancouver
After a good nights sleep ( no jet-leg complications ! )
Weather for Vancouver:
With other words: let's go and have a great day.
First stop on todays agenda: breakfast. Today a "quick" one at Tim Hortons, a Canadian chain, serving a decent coffee and good baked goodies.
Next: a leisurely stroll along Canada Place to familiarise myself for the scheduled embarkation this coming Monday.
Two gigantic cruise ships ( not for any money of this world will I ever cruise on those ! ) mooring alongside with hundreds of passengers disembarking.
Fortunately my one on Monday is much much smaller.
One of my favourite places in Vancouver is Lonsdale Quay in North Vancouver reachable with the SeaBus across the bay.
Lonsdale was till 1992 home of the Wallace Shipyard, the biggest one in British Columbia. They since ceased business and the whole area has been redeveloped with many of the original features kept intact. A vibrant area !
From here a bus wizzed my up the hill to the Grouse Mountain Cable Car station. At one of my previous visits in Vancouver I went up Grouse Mountain just to experience Vancouver through clouds. But not today !
The cable car brings one up to the top ( 1231 m above sea level ). For the a bit steep price of can$ 72.50 ( with senior discount ! ) one gets fantastic views of Vancouver, the bay and the mountains of the Cascades Range with the snow covered peak of Mount Baker.
Some pictures of todays endeavors your can find here and to track my tour click here
After a good nights sleep ( no jet-leg complications ! )
Weather for Vancouver:
With other words: let's go and have a great day.
First stop on todays agenda: breakfast. Today a "quick" one at Tim Hortons, a Canadian chain, serving a decent coffee and good baked goodies.
Next: a leisurely stroll along Canada Place to familiarise myself for the scheduled embarkation this coming Monday.
Two gigantic cruise ships ( not for any money of this world will I ever cruise on those ! ) mooring alongside with hundreds of passengers disembarking.
Fortunately my one on Monday is much much smaller.
One of my favourite places in Vancouver is Lonsdale Quay in North Vancouver reachable with the SeaBus across the bay.
Lonsdale was till 1992 home of the Wallace Shipyard, the biggest one in British Columbia. They since ceased business and the whole area has been redeveloped with many of the original features kept intact. A vibrant area !
From here a bus wizzed my up the hill to the Grouse Mountain Cable Car station. At one of my previous visits in Vancouver I went up Grouse Mountain just to experience Vancouver through clouds. But not today !
The cable car brings one up to the top ( 1231 m above sea level ). For the a bit steep price of can$ 72.50 ( with senior discount ! ) one gets fantastic views of Vancouver, the bay and the mountains of the Cascades Range with the snow covered peak of Mount Baker.
Some pictures of todays endeavors your can find here and to track my tour click here
