today was probably the least and most busy day here so far. It wasn't busy because we had no class. However it WAS busy because...
...I started off waking up at 7:30 and doing my normal waking up stuff. Then me and my hockey roommate (named Dare by the way) walked over to the YWAM base to go and pick up all of the other hockey guys a few blocks away. Once we picked them up , we all drove together to Stanley Park (Vancouver's equivalent to say, Point Pleasant Park in Halifax... But 10 times bigger) and ran about a third of it and back... If you're really interested in specifics, it was from the second beach/pool to a litthe further than the 'girl in a wetsuit' (it all makes sense on the map: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/StanleyAerial_Labelled.jpg )
So that took up the morning. Then I came back to my place had some lunch and had to get back to the base again for 1 o'clock to go on a 'city excursion'... Which was essentially a scavenger hunt sending us all around downtown Vancouver. I'll try to get the order or where we went as accurate as possible:
1) we started off near the waterfront, got a map and went to a skytrain station (it's like a monorail all through the area) to see what the rates were.
2) We went to the "Gastown" section of Vancouver, which had a 'steam clock' which was pretty interesting.
3) We then went to Vancouver's own "Chinatown" which is the largest in Canada and the fourth largest in North America (behind New York, Flushing NY and San Francisco) where we had to bring back a 'souvenir'... We brought back a pair of geckos which apparently are excellent ingredients in tea for asthmatics.
4) Next, we walked to the 'sporting region' of Vancouver, the blocks which have BC Place, a football stadium for the BC Lions in the CFL and right next door is GM Place, the home of the Vancouver Canucks.
5) We then went to the Vancouver Public Library which was closed due to a strike of the city workers in Vancouver. It is a massive place, it's got 5 floors of books and 2 floors of office space.
6) We also went to see a local hostel just in case anyone wanted to drop in for a night or something...
7) We then went on Robson street (kind of like Spring Garden Road) where we went to one of at least three Starbucks to do some ridiculous task to get another clue... The task ended up being walking around the block without shoes/socks on.
8) After that we went to the Vancouver art gallery where they had just set up a "Vancouver 2010 Countdown Clock) so we went and checked that out.
9) THEN We went back to the waterfront again to Canada Place to see what the IMAX theatre there was like.
10) We then went back to the waterfront skytrain station and boarded to go to the leader of YWAM Vancouver's house (the guys name is Mark Davenport, by the way) to have some dinner.
11) Finally we all left his house, took a skytrain back to Commercial drive where I took a bus to here.
That was my day. I am bushed.
Arrivederci.
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What a whirlwind walking tour of Vancouver...you saw all the big and famous sites. Dad and I saw the gastown steam clock on our honeymoon in 1980...and that wasn't yesterday!Try and have a restful day today, it is the Sabbeth afterall.Any ideas on Thanksgiving, you need to have some turkey somewhere. BTW...the Cole Hbr ducks seem to be missin' you!
Just looked at the map of Stanley Park...no wonder you are bushed. How long was the run in terms of miles or kms. Good thing you were running before you went. I notice there is a Coal Harbour on the map.
And bushed you should what an incredibl day! I remember Gastown and Chintown! Good times good times!
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