Vancouver. BC.

Vancouver BC.

We flew out to Vancouver on 24th of June and enjoyed great hospitality form David’s niece Tanja and her husband Michael for four days. They wined and dined us and we met more relatives and had a great time.
Vancouver is a lovely cosmopolitan city with a large Chinese population. Granville Island was particularly interesting with its many restaurants and craft workshops. Yesterday we climbed the Grouse Mountain. ‘The Grouse Grind‘, its called. It is a difficult hike from the very beginning, as you start upwards right away with no respite and you don’t stop climbing till you reach the top after 2100 feet. We felt very unfit from having been on the boat for so long, but managed to the top in less than 2 hours. The views from the top was quite stunning, and it was a lovely day.
Today we got on the ferry to Vancouver Island. We had a very pretty trip in amongst the Gulf Islands. We were met by David’s sister Jane and her husband, Brian. It was good to see them again after three years. They took us to a small town, Chemainus, across the island to see a theatre production of ‘Saint Joan‘, and another one tomorrow of ‘South Pacific‘.
It is strange to think that Vancouver island is about the same size as the UK.