Across The Water
Just a brief posting today to record something of our 2nd full day in Vancouver. 

I guess we over-did the physical exercise on our first day and, fair to say, were feeling the old legs a little so decided on a more sedentry approach to the day to help the recovery processes along. A trip across to North Vancouver on the Sea Bus (ferry) was clearly the answer and having purchased our 'all-day' passes for CA$9.75 each we made the journey across from the Waterfront to Lonsdale Quay to take a look at the covered market where all sorts of foods & wears can be purchased. We just had to stop at this appropriately named establishment for a spot of lunch:

A really nourishing chicken korma soup which included cabbage, celery, sweet corn, carrott and just about any other vegetable they could find presumably (absolutely delicious!).

Well then it was bus time to Grouse Mountain just for curiosity sake which took us past the entrance to the Capillano Bridge. We were not however dressed for mountain pursuits (there was a suggestion we would need to hire snow shoes) so decided against a cable car ride to the top of Grouse Mountain which was still open for snow-boarding Etc. We did though see some interesting bird life (Stellar's Jay, Northern Flicker or Woodpecker and some kind of Hummingbird) and get some good views of the local snow-topped mountains (e.g. the Two Lions) so a rewarding trip overall. Perhaps we will do the full trip at the end of our holiday?

The 'all day' tickets came in very useful as they covered our return crossing and all our bus trips for the day (three in all). 

Our outing ended in a local 'Diner' and probably the largest bowl of Spaghetti and Meatballs I have ever seen. Yum!