Shot of the day... Eagle nesting at Stanley Park... taken with zoom lens.Today was Laundry day in preparation for the commencement of our tour on Monday Morning.
Thanks to a little internet research I did before leaving home, we were able to drop off our laundry to a place just a few blocks away from the Hotel. The owner was fantastic and her service was truly amazing. She insisted that we leave the laundry with her for the day and just go sight-seeing, so we did. She was so positive and cheerful about everything that you almost wished you had a bigger load of dirty laundry to give her. She also allowed us to leave our back packs with her for the day so we didn’t have to cart them around. All we had to do was leave everything there and pick it up later in the day - all washed, dried and folded without us having to lift a finger. Reminded me of when I used to live at home with my parents..... (oops... sorry Mum..!!)
Thanks to a little internet research I did before leaving home, we were able to drop off our laundry to a place just a few blocks away from the Hotel. The owner was fantastic and her service was truly amazing. She insisted that we leave the laundry with her for the day and just go sight-seeing, so we did. She was so positive and cheerful about everything that you almost wished you had a bigger load of dirty laundry to give her. She also allowed us to leave our back packs with her for the day so we didn’t have to cart them around. All we had to do was leave everything there and pick it up later in the day - all washed, dried and folded without us having to lift a finger. Reminded me of when I used to live at home with my parents..... (oops... sorry Mum..!!)
We then trotted off down to a jetty and boarded the Aquabus for Granville Island. The Aquabus is basically just a bathtub with an outboard motor. They just built a bigger shower curtain around it than usual to keep out the weather.!! (see mode of transport pic No 10)
Granville Island is a large market come something else (not sure what.!!) and you can purchase local produce, local crafts and souvenirs and such. Pretty much an upmarket form of the Malaga Markets back in Perth really, the only differences being its size, type of products & produce and it seemed a lot cleaner and healthier looking than the markets back home.!!
Granville Island is a large market come something else (not sure what.!!) and you can purchase local produce, local crafts and souvenirs and such. Pretty much an upmarket form of the Malaga Markets back in Perth really, the only differences being its size, type of products & produce and it seemed a lot cleaner and healthier looking than the markets back home.!!
Granville Island Markets...
View towards Vancouver from Granville Island...
We then caught the Big Bus (mode of transport No 11, pic yet to be posted) which is one of those “Hop on Hop off” buses that gives you a 2 day ticket to get on and off as many times as you like while it just keeps doing a big circuit of all the highlights of the city. We will use it again tomorrow to get to the Aquarium and Lookout Tower.We are having a fantastic stretch of weather. It is cool, but sunny and very pleasant when you are doing lots of walking.
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