followed us all the way from seattle to vancouver! (for those of you expecting tulip pictures, the soggy drive prevented us from stopping in skagit to see the tulips, but we've already got that rescheduled.) however, i was prepared with my galoshes, rain coat (with hood!) and umbrella. once we checked in, we decided to brave the elements and walk to english bay. it was beautiful, but i got the sense it's breath-taking when the weather is clear. still, we were able to pull out the camera and get a few shots during the downpour. we walked all over the west end, and were chilled to the bone by the end of it!
the next day we did more exploring on foot through gastown and chinatown. we even walked around the convention center to see some remnants of the olympic fanfare. the scenes from the convention center were spectacular, with views of the water, mountains and even gastown (behind anthony in the picture). in chinatown, we stopped at the chinese garden
. we didn't do the full tour, but still enjoyed the beauty of the public park. areas like this (and we came across a few) really reminded me of seattle. lots of beautiful, nature preserving parks and gardens surrounded by sky scrapers and city noise. i think it's what makes such big cities desirable places to live. you've got all the amenities of city living, but pretty much anywhere that you live in the city you can still walk to a beautiful open space.
. we didn't do the full tour, but still enjoyed the beauty of the public park. areas like this (and we came across a few) really reminded me of seattle. lots of beautiful, nature preserving parks and gardens surrounded by sky scrapers and city noise. i think it's what makes such big cities desirable places to live. you've got all the amenities of city living, but pretty much anywhere that you live in the city you can still walk to a beautiful open space. on our final day (easter sunday) we enjoyed the vancouver art gallery (particularly the visceral bodies exhibit) before walking to easter brunch. overall, we had some hits and misses (we couldn't find an open dim sum restaurant in chinatown, but instead got great veitnamese in a PACKED hole in the wall), but enjoyed our short vacation. next time we head to canada we're hoping to spend a weekend in victoria, british columbia. long weekend anyone?
stay tuned for this weekend's tulip festival!
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