Granville Island
You'd think I wouldn't have much to post about, since I only woke up at 12.30 and left the house at 2.00pm, and basically did nothing much with the day, but no! Bloggers are the modern day alchemists: we make something out of nothing.
Hannah and I and her friend Lise went over to Granville island this afternoon, which is in fact a peninsula rather than an island. For some reason I really love it when Americans and Canadians say 'peninsula'. So precise with saying all their letters!
Me: "Say 'peninsula' Hannah."
Hannah: "Peninsula."
Me: "Heeheehee... again!"
Ad infinitum. I take it as revenge for them finding it charming when I say "bloody hell" or "trousers".
Where was I? Oh yes, Granville island. It's across the water from downtown Vancouver, and you can take little ferries to it from certain places, but you don't have to from others ('cause it's a peninsula). It has a food market and lots of cool little crafty shops and about six theatres that run a lot of youth programs. There's also a cement works and a brewery, which I'm told is what stops it being entirely a wishy-washy hippy paradise. I had a good time wandering around the stores, and sampled some of the delectable food. I bought myself a new hat, which is handy because I've been wearing Tim's, and I really have to give it back; it doesn't suit me anyway, pink is really not my colour. So, Granville island: a thumbs up!
The weather is still cold today, and the snow is still around though there's been no new snowfall. The wind has dropped too. Last night I had five blankets on my bed and it was still a bit nippy. Brr...
Ok, handy facts: 1. Canadian money is cool, although it has the Queen on it, which I find weird; I keep suggesting that the Canadians should rise up and cast aside their Imperialist oppressors (i.e. us) but they don't seem to mind. They have one dollar coins ('loonies') and two dollar coins ('toonies'). Also look out for the 10% sales tax. Sales tax is a Pain in the Arse.
2. There's another Vancouver in Washington, which meant I passed through Vancouver twice on the way from Portland. People on this continent are majorly unimaginative with names. Portland OR is actually named after Portland Maine.
3. The mountains are to the north of the city, which gives you a constant reminder of the compass points, should you need them. Which you don't, ever.
Hannah and I and her friend Lise went over to Granville island this afternoon, which is in fact a peninsula rather than an island. For some reason I really love it when Americans and Canadians say 'peninsula'. So precise with saying all their letters!
Me: "Say 'peninsula' Hannah."
Hannah: "Peninsula."
Me: "Heeheehee... again!"
Ad infinitum. I take it as revenge for them finding it charming when I say "bloody hell" or "trousers".
Where was I? Oh yes, Granville island. It's across the water from downtown Vancouver, and you can take little ferries to it from certain places, but you don't have to from others ('cause it's a peninsula). It has a food market and lots of cool little crafty shops and about six theatres that run a lot of youth programs. There's also a cement works and a brewery, which I'm told is what stops it being entirely a wishy-washy hippy paradise. I had a good time wandering around the stores, and sampled some of the delectable food. I bought myself a new hat, which is handy because I've been wearing Tim's, and I really have to give it back; it doesn't suit me anyway, pink is really not my colour. So, Granville island: a thumbs up!
The weather is still cold today, and the snow is still around though there's been no new snowfall. The wind has dropped too. Last night I had five blankets on my bed and it was still a bit nippy. Brr...
Ok, handy facts: 1. Canadian money is cool, although it has the Queen on it, which I find weird; I keep suggesting that the Canadians should rise up and cast aside their Imperialist oppressors (i.e. us) but they don't seem to mind. They have one dollar coins ('loonies') and two dollar coins ('toonies'). Also look out for the 10% sales tax. Sales tax is a Pain in the Arse.
2. There's another Vancouver in Washington, which meant I passed through Vancouver twice on the way from Portland. People on this continent are majorly unimaginative with names. Portland OR is actually named after Portland Maine.
3. The mountains are to the north of the city, which gives you a constant reminder of the compass points, should you need them. Which you don't, ever.
posted by susie r at 5:20 PM
1 Comments:
Granville Island's kinda...okay. Mind you, nowhere in Vancouver at the moment's SUPER FANTASTIC because it's rained every day but one since I got here, and it's just to rain every day until I leave. Sometimes, you just get unlucky, don'tcha?
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