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yup as I was saying, we walked down to the parliament of Victoria Island.
Horse Carriages everywhere.
白马王子 at the foreground & Black Beauty at the Blackground !!
hahaha
The beautiful Parliament !
Please salute to Queen Victoria
nearby the Parliament is this super posh, vintage Castle-like Hotel,
The Empress
err .. High Tea anyone? :)
as I walked down town, I spotted a Candy Shop selling my childhood favourite, Apple Dipped in Chocolate sauce & Candy swirls.
yum !
drove back to catch the BC ferry at night. (We had to missed out the evening slot, due to the ferries' carpark being too overloaded) haha
My next few days of stay in Vancouver B.C .....
Vancouver B.C's Science Centre.
Vancouver B.C's Stadium.
drove over to visited our old apartment houses at north / west Vancouver.
headed over to explore U.B.C
I wished I had permissions to stay back alone and study over there, so I don't have to come back! :(
My Most Memorable Day ......
Visit back to my Primary School !!!!!!!
Queen Mary Elementary & Middle School ! *love & hugs*
I can't help feeling so excited that day, sitting in pop's car, anxious to know whether my form & co-form in still around teaching, anxious to walk around my former school Once More.
*clutching onto my class photo*
It's definitely heartwarming.
and guess what, I managed to find my Co-Form teacher lahhh !!!!
omg x 100
I nearly wanted to tear, but I controlled. haha so happy like hell!
He still looked the same as 10+ years ago.
I was wow-ed by his good memory power! he can somehow recognise me, and remember each and everyone of our names !! my goodness
to my dismay, my Form teacher wasn't teaching in Queen Mary School anymore. My Co-form said she went to teach at White Rocks Middle School (White Rock is at another City of British Columbia.)
I asked pop to drive me over to White Rocks, but pop said the journey to there takes up many hours, so we decided not to.
Mr Carpenter was having class, so I didn't went to disturb him.
my co-form didn't keep an update of most of my classmates' contacts though they constantly came back to visit him. Only a few like Julia, Andrew, Max & Nicole.
Julia's younger sis is now studying at Queen Mary too. how cool is that :D
Co-form gave me the address of where nicole is working.
she just started out working in MES- Mountain Equipment Store
and pop drove me straight to find her.
and pop drove me straight to find her.
aahhh but to my dismay, she wasn't around that day .. so I don't know how to keep in contact. sigh~
PS: To Nicole,
I don't think you ever see this. But if you ever do,
I MISSED YOU HELL LOTS !!!
lunch at Tangerine Restaurant and pay visit to pop's friend who's working there.
following day.
drove over to Granville Island.
Granville island is a magical place and a must see for any visitor to Vancouver. It is considered to be part of downtown Vancouver, along with areas such as Gastown, Chinatown, West End, Stanley Park, Canada Place and Robson Street. All are within a mile of the corners of Georgia and Granville streets the centre of the downtown core of Vancouver.
It’s impossible to talk about Granville Island without mentioning the food! The centre of their gastronomic delight, and in fact, the centre piece of the Island’s shopping experience, is their PublicMarket !! where tourists and locals alike converge for an unrivalled food-shopping experience among a vast selection of fresh specialty foods
The Market Awaits
The Granville Island Public Market is Vancouver’s hub of epicurean delight. Browse the exotic array of crisp, garden-fresh produce which overflows each vendor’s stall — from luscious berries in season, to delicate Japanese eggplant.
Look for displays of fresh Coho salmon and giant prawns on beds of ice. Breathe in the delicious scent of just-from-the-oven bagels mixing with the aroma of freshly roasted coffee and pungent cheeses from around the world.
The Public Market provides the very best of fresh food for the expert chef, as well as those who love to eat! It is a great source of local produce, homemade products and unusual ingredients for exotic recipes. Wild fiddleheads, pine mushrooms, seaweed, stinging nettles—the list is endless.
butchery
cakes and pastry
Different types of Bread and Bagels FRESH from oven
tarts, cookies & shortbread
jetty outside the market
next,
HorseShoe Bay at West Vancouver B.C
folks can take BC Ferrie from here to Sunshine Coast, Nainaimo & Victoria Island as well.
next up,
Cypress Mountain in West Vacouver
Cypress Mountain is a ski area in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, located in the southern section of Cypress Provincial Park.
Whistler takes 2, 3 hours of driving journey, so we headed to there instead.
Whistler takes 2, 3 hours of driving journey, so we headed to there instead.
I've been up to Grouce ski mountain, Whistler Ski resorts a couple of time,
but this is still my first time going up to Cypress Ski Mountain ... during Autumn somemore. No Snow, No skiing.
while driving up, the fog along the steep mountain slope was quite bad that day.
Cypress Mountain.
(It looks prettier during winter with the snow.)
Cable Car ah !
Malone's Pub & Grill
pop used to work there in the past.
the rest of the last few days in canada was spent visiting, gatherings and dinner meetups to Uncle Stanley's house, cousin's house .. etc etc
so long, farewell till I'm back again.
Transition.
before heading back to Singapore, our last 3 days was spent in Shanghai, meetups, dinner gatherings and night pasar malam walks. As usual
yay at last, I'm finally done with the updates of this whole trip !! (-_-)
hope you guys did enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed sharing :D
for a full trip update on Vancouver Part 1 to 4,
click on the link 'Vancouver' at the left hand side of my blog template under [The Real Destination @ groovy escapade]
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