Our flight started very early in the morning and this
together with the time shift let us arrive while it was still
morning in Vancouver. Wow, after spending the winter in
Montréal and the last week on Prince Edward Island
and Nova Scotia it was almost a shock to see how green
the city was!
Our flight this time was terrible as the flight
attendants were very picky about how Jessica, our little
daughter, had to sit etc. so my mood was rather bad when
we arrived but Vancouver really is an amazing city! Hey,
there is everything, a city full of life, with
nice green parks, a nice climate (they say it rains a lot
and with all the green this certainly is true but when we
were there the weather was great), the sea directly in
the city and the mountains in the background. And it also
seems to be quite multicultural. Well, okay, it seems
half the population there is Asian...
I really fell in love with this vivid city immediately!
Our first day we mostly spent at the English bay
area.
In the morning we watched a car crash for a movie
called "Chaos". Very interesting. The "crash" involved
police cars from Seattle. So you think you see the
streets of Seattle when you watch the film while in
reality it was filmed in Vancouver!
Well, we then walked along the waterfront - on the other
side than the day before - to the Aquarium which is
situated in Stanley Park. We spent some time inside the
Aquarium and then walked a bit through Stanley Park
before we went home again. It's a very nice park. The
trees there are different from the trees I had known before, they are
higher and the branches only start further to the
top.
We went a little bit into Chinatown and visited the classical Chinese garden. An old Chinese man gave a very interesting talk about the Chinese philosophy behind the garden. I think Jessica, our little daughter disturbed the talk a bit even though it didn't seem to bother the old Chinese man too much. He talked a lot about the intellectuality of the garden and gave a lot of advice for healthy and happy living. I really felt kind of spiritually lifted afterwards.
After that we went to Jericho Beach. It's really very
beautiful there and I could have sat there the whole day!
You also have a very nice view of the skyline of
Vancouver from there.
Vancouver really is a very beautiful city. I would move there anytime!
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