Wednesday, June 8, 2011

This morning we slept in a little bit because we probably won't get a chance to do it much on this trip.  After we got up and got dressed we went downstairs to the hotel restaurant and ate a very expensive breakfast.  However, it was very good.

After we finished with breakfast we got everything together and figured out how to ride the train from the airport to Waterfront Station.  It was very easy.  When we got off at Waterfront Station we really didn't know where to go so we just started walking.  We finally came upon someone selling tickets on the Hop On Hop Off Trolley so we purchased tickets and went for a ride.  They have a blue line and a red line.  We were on the blue line.  We rode it for a while then decided to get off at Canada Place.  This is where the cruise ships come in.  There were 2 ships in port today.  One was the Holland America Volendam and the other one was a Regent ship. 

After we looked at the ships we walked around and went into the souvenir shops to see what all they had.  I didn't buy anything but had fun looking.  We then hopped onto the red line trolley and rode that for a while.  It took us all through Stanley Park.  They had a lot of pretty flowers there.  They also had an aquarium and totem poles.  We finally got off and rode a ferry over to Granville Island.  It was pretty neat there.  They had a lot of shops to go through and also a market.  After walking around there a while we decided to go and find out where to catch the blue trolley.  We found it with no problems and it was there almost as soon as we walked up.

We got back on the blue bus and saw some more things that we hadn't seen earlier.  We then ended up back at Gastown where we had been earlier in the day walking through the shops.  We asked the trolley driver to recommend a place to eat.  He recommend Waters Street Cafe.  We went there and ate lunch/dinner and it was very good.  I had a salmon salad that was marinated in something and it was so good. 

The Canucks are in the playoffs for the Stanley Cup and it was getting pretty crowded around town.  The game started at 5:00 pm here today.  The game is in Boston but they had watching parties all over town.  They even had streets closed down.

I was getting tired so we went and caught the train back to the airport.  We got on it at the end of the line and were able to get seats.  It got pretty crowded but the ride went fast.  We made it back to the airport in less than 30 minutes. 

We are now getting ready for our flight tomorrow morning to Whitehorse.  This should be an exciting adventure and we are both looking forward to it.  I will report back whenever I can.

Krista also has a blog that she is writing.  I am going to get her to put a link on my blog to hers if any of you would like to read hers also.