I took our guests out on the town for some serious tourist action on Sunday. We drove into Vancouver and parked at the foot of Hornby Street (free parking all day on Sunday! YAY!) and took the little Aquabus over to Granville Island. We toured around the island, watched a sweaty street performer juggle fire and picked up some fresh fruits, veggies and pizza dough for dinner. And we shared a caramel apple – all the must-dos for Granville Island. Next on the tour was another Aquabus trip to Yaletown, also known as the Grey Whale route – we took the exact same trip as that grey whale did earlier this month.
Looking back, I think I may have had an over ambitious plan in an effort to get the maximum amount of Vancouver sightseeing all in one day. Upon reaching Yaletown, I enticed the visitors to hop on the Skytrain to go over to Gastown, but before that, we would check out the Olympic Cauldron. Then we would backtrack to Gastown for some (more) touristy shopping. And how would we get back to our car we left on the other side of town? I didn’t really think about that. Maybe the Aquabus again? Anyway, it didn’t matter, because once we got to the cauldron, my family visitors were all. Bummed. Out.
Why would they be so sad? Because the cauldron was under construction. And behind a fence. Here’s what they saw as they sat on the bench facing the famous landmark.
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