Disembarkation went well (though it’s never pleasant ending your cruise). We walked with our luggage in the gentle rain to the Hotel le Soleil where we spent 2 nights. It was a very nice hotel and there was an included continental breakfast. We had them hold our bags and headed out and bought transportation tickets for the next 3 days.
Even though it was misting or raining we walked to Stanley Park and walked along the sea wall for a while instead of taking the bus. Wildlife today was a black squirrel, Canada Geese, swans and other sea birds. It was frustrating trying to find the park shuttle as all that came by were the HOHO tours. (in hindsight that would have worked better) We finally gave up waiting when we found the sign saying they didn’t start until 11:00 and walked to the Fish House for lunch. We had salmon cakes and a haddock burger that were quite good. They told us where to get the shuttle. They actually directed us to where the HOHO buses come by and we walked back to the other stop after waiting for half an hour without one coming by. The HOHO drivers all said it would be by soon. Finally, we get on the park shuttle and bought our tickets and stopped at the rose garden, first nations exhibit, totem poles and a couple of other viewing spots and also had a beaver tail as a snack.
It proceeded to rain all day and evening here. We skipped Granville Island since we lost so much time this morning. We took the bus to Gas Town and China Town. The Dr. Sun Yat-Sen garden was still open, but we missed the last guided tour and walked around on our own. It was time to find some dinner and we made our way to Shanghai Chinese Bistro which had about an hour wait so we put in our names and went elsewhere to grab a drink and wait since it was so crowded that there was no place to wait. We had a wonderful meal and were surprised to find 2 CC couples that we had done the whale watch with just getting seated as we were starting our meal. Too funny. Lots of places to eat there…what are the odds?
Vancouver – Day 1 https://photos.app.goo.gl/Sxjx7186jRgC5VgFA
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