There are a few other must see places in Van that we haven't yet
included in our other posts but thought we'd definitely need to share!
That and I wanted to share all my photos :)
Granville Island
A short ferry ride in a very very small ferry across the
river from our hostel, was Granville Island. Home to the local, famous and
indoor Granville markets.
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| Kale flowers!! (They looked a lot healthier than mine did when i left home..) |
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| Oysters and fresh seafood |
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| Handmade Choccies |
We
wandered through the market looking at the fresh fruit
and veg, seafood, hundreds of different teas, baked goods, hand made
chocolates
and fresh flowers! Surrounding the markets is the ‘arts and cultural’
part of
town I spose you could call it. There was a few community centres,
various performing art theatres, lots of art galleries and shopping areas. The
weather was perfect the day we headed over there and it was the
weekend, so it was definitely a busy place to be! It was also a few
days before Halloween so all the kids were out in the costumes!
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| The packed harbour surrounding the island |
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| Hats!! |
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| Mum this one's
for you - laser engraving is apparently how you can label your chopping
boards! Bring them over with you when you come ;) |
Gastown
Gastown
was one of the places in Van we’d been told we had to visit. It’s down
by the waterfront, at the north east end of downtown and is considered a
historical site of Vancouver. It’s full of hip bars and restaurants and
home of the famous steam clock. The scenery and buildings down there
were pretty cool but it was pouring with rain the day we went so we took
a few quick snaps then took shelter in a cute little pub for a nice
glass of red!
University of British Columbia + The Museum of Anthropology
We’d heard good things about the anthropology museum at the University
of British Columbia and even though we weren't quite sure what we’d find there,
we went anyway, and we were so glad we did!
The
university itself was pretty cool, the campus was huge
and the area surrounding it was a little university community, similar
to UQ
and St Lucia but much larger! The museum was incredible too, full
of artefacts and displays from the first nations people of Canada.
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| Another great day of weather! |
We did a guided tour which was well worth it as we were told
about all the history of each of the artefacts and learnt a lot more than we would've just walking around the museum solo!
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| Perhaps i'm going to need one of these to keep warm in the winter.. |
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| A new bike dad? |
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| Traditional dance costume for rituals |
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We
wandered through the market looking at the fresh fruit
and veg, seafood, hundreds of different teas, baked goods, hand made
chocolates
and fresh flowers! Surrounding the markets is the ‘arts and cultural’
part of
town I spose you could call it. There was a few community centres,
various performing art theatres, lots of art galleries and shopping areas. The
weather was perfect the day we headed over there and it was the
weekend, so it was definitely a busy place to be! It was also a few
days before Halloween so all the kids were out in the costumes! 
Gastown
was one of the places in Van we’d been told we had to visit. It’s down
by the waterfront, at the north east end of downtown and is considered a
historical site of Vancouver. It’s full of hip bars and restaurants and
home of the famous steam clock. The scenery and buildings down there
were pretty cool but it was pouring with rain the day we went so we took
a few quick snaps then took shelter in a cute little pub for a nice
glass of red!
The
university itself was pretty cool, the campus was huge
and the area surrounding it was a little university community, similar
to UQ
and St Lucia but much larger! The museum was incredible too, full
of artefacts and displays from the first nations people of Canada.
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