Vancouver update

On Wednesday we headed to Granville Island, which has a market with lots of independent shops. The main motivation was to get donuts from Lee’s, which we enjoyed on our last visit to Vancouver in 2018. But, disaster, they were closed for renovation.

After recovering from this near-fatal blow and getting replacement sweet treats we decided to walk along False Creek, an inlet with lots of walking and cycling space. For all you bird watchers out there, we saw a teeny tiny Anna’s hummingbird which was amazing in the middle of a big city.

Our friends Thom and Hannah have been very kind and allowed us to stay at their’s during our first week in Vancouver. It’s a great place in the West End of downtown with views of some of the North Shore mountains, cypress and grouse. They had some friends over in the evening for a raclette party – it was good to meet some new people in our first week. Also, we managed to stay up past 9pm so may be over the jetlag.

Yesterday we managed to enjoy the good weather, get outside and take some photos of the city and local mountains. In the evening we headed to Langley Events Centre to watch some ice hockey. Unfortunately there were no big brawls to report, even though Oliver tried his best, but the Vancouver Giants did win!

We have a few more days in Vancouver now, before heading to Victoria on Tuesday for our first workaway.