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July 10, 2007

Vancouver 2007: A trip in photos.

 

My first day in Vancouver: Mr. Big took this picture of me at Coal Harbour.

 

Steam clock in Gas Town.

I took so many pictures at the aquarium, mostly of dolphins. They were my favorite, along with otters! Too cute!

Outside of Vancouver Aquarium.

Under a tree I loved outside of the Vancouver Aquarium.

Canada Day was spent reading and napping on the beach of the Pacific Ocean.

Canada Day night was spent out with Alicia and her friends.

Of course I went out for sushi while there. I’d be crazy not to! Delicious and cheap.

I took a lot of photos, but figure these about sum up my week best!
Parts of my trip I loved, and will always stick with me:
  • Wading in the Pacific Ocean at 4 AM.
  • The cute Italian boy who asked me where I was from and looked completely dumbfounded when I said “Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.”
  • Shopping!
  • Sushi… so cheap!
  • Science World, very kid oriented so wasn’t that interesting for Wes and I, but I would love to take my own kids there one day.
  • VANCOUVER AQUARIUM! I love that place!
  • Visiting my Great Uncle Mike and Great Aunt Winnie in Surrey and going for tea and cookies with them and their two friends, I must be eighty years old at heart because I had a blast.
  • Walking all over, in flip flops no less, I’m surprised my feet didn’t fall off.
  • Partying at Ceilis (Alicia’s neighbourhood pub.)
  • Watching fireworks over Coal Harbour on Canada Day, and the little old lady who was dressed in a floor length gown with a huge necklace of pearls and diamonds, it was so random.
  • The cupcake store! Soooo good!
  • Still experiencing a feeling of it being a small world when I met Alicia’s friend Shane who grew up in a town 20 minutes away from my hometown, and who knew my sister.
  • The security guy in Vancouver airport whom, upon seeing I was headed to Saskatoon, said in a surprised voice “Saskatoon has an airport?” I found that hilarious, and it made me a little bit proud to be from tiny Saskatoon.
  • Mountains! A nice change from the prairies, but I’ve got to be honest, I got a bit homesick for flat Saskatchewan.
  • The ocean and beach, I could definitely handle living by an ocean.

All in all, I loved my vacation and loved Vancouver. I could handle living there. I don’t think permanently though, just too many people for me. If I ever move to BC I think I would prefer to live in a quieter area. Maybe that’s the small town prairie girl in me, who knows? As much as it sometimes gets on my nerves that it seems that everyone knows everyone in Saskatchewan, I have to be honest it made my day when on my flight back to Saskatoon the man sitting next to me knew people from my hometown.

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3 Responses to “Vancouver 2007: A trip in photos.”

  1. Sarah said:
    July 10th, 2007 at 2:42 pm

    Being so far away (er, in the States, not like another hemisphere), I don’t know much about Canada. I had no idea that Saskatoon was 1) small and 2) prairie-like. Sounds like you had a good trip.

    BTW- you are *so* photogenic. Not. Fair.

  2. brea said:
    July 10th, 2007 at 4:13 pm

    Yeah Saskatoon is tiny! Only a little over 200,000. The population in Vancouver is 2 million (that’s including the Greater Area of Vancouver though.) To really put it into perspective, the entire population of Saskatchewan is less than one million!

    Saskatchewan is definitely mostly flat but has a lot more trees than people think, especially in northern SK.

    Trust me, I am NOT photogenic. For every good pic I take there are about 100 bad ones. TRUST ME.

  3. Laura said:
    July 13th, 2007 at 10:09 am

    Hello! dropping in on your blog!

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