Rock Stacking Art by False Creek
Canada Place – Five Sails – overlooking the inlet waterfront
Sunset over the city – from the Seabus ferry
Lonsdale Quay – North Vancouver
Granville Island – public market and Francophone House-sponsored Street Carnival Parade
What a city!
…and I feel that I only got to experience a sliver of it because all of the Olympic events, etc. There is another BC trip in the future!
I always love your pictures! The cairns are a particular favorite of mine – the shapes, balance, beauty. The one picture that really gets me though – is the outdoor parade. People with no coats and short sleeves? People – how do you hold a Winter Olympics when it’s that warm? The wonders of modern science. Unbelievable. So glad you’re having such a wonderful time.
Vancouver is a beautiful city. It is one of those magical places that, although there may be 4 months of rain and fog, to look around you on the sunshiny days which slip into the mix you are certain it is the most beautiful place in the world and you owuld not want to be anywhere else!
BC has many treasures… Tofino and the rain forested pacifc coast of the Island, the interior. It is the mountains, the green and the water which amze the senses.
Ya’ you gotta go back!
….and get some cowichan wool
The rock sculptures are inukshuks – traditionally, they were used by the Inuit as directional markers and signs that someone had passed this way. I guess they’re still used as a modern “someone was here” sculptures!
It does seem unbelievable that its so warm in Vancouver … but it always seemed funny to be holding the olympics in one of the warmest cities in Canada!
Just found your blog and I’m having a ball! I’ve fallen in love with Vancouver watching these Olympics and your photos just made me very very happy. And I haven’t even read about your knitting yet!
I’m so jealous! I’ve been stuck on the island (in Victoria) and couldn’t even get over to take part in any of the festivities, let alone watch any events. If you swing by Vancouver Island ever…
so glad that you enjoyed your visit here! and yes, you must come back. and check out the island, and the gulf islands and the sunshine coast… and so on, and so on.
it has been sooo amazing to see the joy and energy these olympics have brought. i can only guess that we will build on it to create something amazing!
Vancouver looks like an amazing place. I love those stacked rocks!
Thank you for sharing your Olympic experience with all of us. I have enjoyed following along. The pictures are great and it really shows how much fun it is to be there.
The TV coverage only shows so much and I only have so much time to watch so I love to come here and look at the pictures.
Isn’t Vancouver gorgeous? I used to drive up there all the time when I lived in Seattle, and it was always a blast.
Come back soon. And you’re right, there’s so much more to see. There’s a room for you over on the Sunshine Coast! Great getting to meet you.
The weather looks beautiful! My son and I were there in October to visit UBC and it rained, deluged, the entire time we were there.
AAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!! That’s the Big Nazo puppet troupe in the last photo! I used to do puppetry gigs with them when I was in college in Providence! The last show I did with them was in Viareggio, Italy, for Carnevale. We were in a gigantic parade, and performed in-puppet for 5 hours straight.
Small, small world!
Your pics are taking me back there! I can easily understand how you’d want to go again… especially considering how busy you’ve been with Olympic events during your stay in Vancouver! (Though, if I was being selfish, I’d suggest a trip to Quebec first!)
wow. what a fantastic trip Lolly!! you really captured it so well. hope you have a safe trip home!
Thanks for sharing your beautiful experiences on this trip. It was so fun to see/read!
5 Seed (aka A Green Spell)
Ahhhh. Granville Island. My Happy Place.