Vancouver

A little bit jetlagged by the different timezones in the last few days we woke up early to the sound of rain falling heavy and loud on the roof. Trying to get in a bit more sleep wasn't successful, so we drove to Kamloops where we sat in a Tim Hortons and planned our day over a cup of delicious hot Dark Roast coffee. There were a few things to do in Kamloops but nothing all too special so we continued on in direction of Vancouver. The weather got really sunny and almost warm on the way before getting hit with a rather intense snowstorm again 🙈 By the time we arrived to Vancouver it was cloudy and windy but dry.
The exploration of the city center led us first to Gastown, the old center and nowadays a hip neighborhood with the victorian stone houses. Afterwards we took a long walk along the marina to Stanley Park, a big beautiful park that offers great views downtown to the skyline. And we were super happy to encounter a pair of raccoons inhabitanting an old tree stump, peaking out curiously 🦝🦝

In the evening an old colleague of Julia from when she was a waitress at an Italian restaurant in Chihuahua picked us up. He's been living in Vancouver for 5 years and we wanted to meet up. He showed us around the foodies district of Granville Island where I tried Salmon Candy and then we went to dinner together.

Overall Vancouver was a young, fresh city and quite different from the other big cities in Canada.Читать далее