It was a bit of a long day of travelling on Saturday, but luckily pretty uneventful. Angie met us at the airport and drove us back to her apartment, which is a gorgeous flat right next to the centre of Vancouver. It rained non-stop from the time we arrived until this morning and so yesterday was mostly spent in the car driving round to get a feel for the place. We had fish and chips in a nearby fishing village though, nothing like hunting out all the English activities as soon as we arrive!The city is exactly how I imagined, wooden slat houses and bohemian coffee houses in the suburbs and sky rise blocks of flats downtown. Everyone seems to live in anoraks and every other shop sells wet weather gear and outdoorsey stuff. Today has been much nicer and we went for a walk by the coastline, posed next to totem poles (photos on their way), and spent a long time exploring Granville Island market and eating crepes.
We're heading to Gillies for Thanksgiving at the weekend and then staying on Vancouver Island before heading down to Seattle. For now I'm going to head downtown and attempt to hunt out an anorak that costs less than $100!
I've been told we are surrounded by mountains but due to the weather I'm yet to see one - am not yet convinced they're really there.
