Even when you're staying a short distance from the city, you ma look e the effort to catch a train or bus, then get on the hop on hop off tour. There's always one in just about every city you visit.
Vancouver was no exception.
Except...
We arrived in the rain, went to sleep while the rain came down, woke up to the rain, and a heavy dose of jet lag or perhaps it was more than we had spent 24 and a half hours traveling from Brisbane to Vancouver vis Shanghai.
We had an excellent view out the window of our room looking towards the shopping mall, and the steady fall of rain.
I felt sorry watching the construction workers on the building site that was the main vista we had to look at.
It could have been worst. Endless mountains with snow on them.
What to do. Venture out in the rain and go on the tour, on pop over to the shopping mall and pick up a few boxing day bargains, no, sorry, boxing week bargains.
We have had some experience going on ha op on hop off tours in open-top buses in the rain. And the last time was not a pleasant experience, even though we learned a valuable lesson, not to stand in front of c as mons and yell 'fire'. Apparently, that's how Admiral Nelson lost his arm.
But...
The shopping mall won.
We'd wait and see if the weather improved. Hang on, isn't Vancouver near Seattle and doesn't it rain the 300 days of the year?
Not holding my breath.
I feel sorry for the construction workers again. Still raining, still cold, and still no reason to get out of bed.
Day 2 in Vancouver turned out to be the same as day 1.
Hang on, there's a development.
We're on the 16th floor and up at those lofty heights, we can see not only the rain but intermingled with it a few flakes of snow.
Whilst we procrastinate about what we're going to do, the snowflakes increase into small flurries.
Yep, we're off to the mall again and go for a walk in the snow.
On the way back we drop into the Boston Pizza, which has a sports bar and there you can sit, drink, eat, and watch the ice hockey, or whatever sort is going at the time.
Today it's a junior ice hockey tournament, but Canada was not playing. Just the same, a long cold beer and ice hockey?
I can now cross that off the bucket list.
Day 3, we're going on a great rail journey, well, we are going to get the train to the city and collect the rental car, on the booking form, supposedly a Jeep Grand Cherokee or similar.
Of course, 'or similar' are the words to be feared here because in truth the rental company can throw anything at you, so long as it matches the brief, three people and three large suitcases.
And, you guessed it...
The 'or similar' got us a Fort Flex
Vancouver was no exception.
Except...
We arrived in the rain, went to sleep while the rain came down, woke up to the rain, and a heavy dose of jet lag or perhaps it was more than we had spent 24 and a half hours traveling from Brisbane to Vancouver vis Shanghai.
We had an excellent view out the window of our room looking towards the shopping mall, and the steady fall of rain.
I felt sorry watching the construction workers on the building site that was the main vista we had to look at.
It could have been worst. Endless mountains with snow on them.
What to do. Venture out in the rain and go on the tour, on pop over to the shopping mall and pick up a few boxing day bargains, no, sorry, boxing week bargains.
We have had some experience going on ha op on hop off tours in open-top buses in the rain. And the last time was not a pleasant experience, even though we learned a valuable lesson, not to stand in front of c as mons and yell 'fire'. Apparently, that's how Admiral Nelson lost his arm.
But...
The shopping mall won.
We'd wait and see if the weather improved. Hang on, isn't Vancouver near Seattle and doesn't it rain the 300 days of the year?
Not holding my breath.
I feel sorry for the construction workers again. Still raining, still cold, and still no reason to get out of bed.
Day 2 in Vancouver turned out to be the same as day 1.
Hang on, there's a development.
We're on the 16th floor and up at those lofty heights, we can see not only the rain but intermingled with it a few flakes of snow.
Whilst we procrastinate about what we're going to do, the snowflakes increase into small flurries.
Yep, we're off to the mall again and go for a walk in the snow.
On the way back we drop into the Boston Pizza, which has a sports bar and there you can sit, drink, eat, and watch the ice hockey, or whatever sort is going at the time.
Today it's a junior ice hockey tournament, but Canada was not playing. Just the same, a long cold beer and ice hockey?
I can now cross that off the bucket list.
Day 3, we're going on a great rail journey, well, we are going to get the train to the city and collect the rental car, on the booking form, supposedly a Jeep Grand Cherokee or similar.
Of course, 'or similar' are the words to be feared here because in truth the rental company can throw anything at you, so long as it matches the brief, three people and three large suitcases.
And, you guessed it...
The 'or similar' got us a Fort Flex
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