I love being a tourist

Hi everyone :)

 

On Sunday, I got to be a tourist again, as Abby and I went downtown. We caught the bus from UBC, and got off where we were supposed to get another bus to Granville Island. We couldn't find that bus stop and ended up getting lost! We had to ask for directions, and the man we asked just happened to have a map that he gave to us. Granville Island was only a 10 minute walk from where we were.

 

 

We walked past some store, then went into the Granville Island Public Market. It is mostly food, but there were also some stalls selling arts and crafts, jewellery, and soaps. The food looked amazing and was so fresh! Very different from cafeteria food here in residence.

 

I just made you hungry didn't I? Sorry about that!

 

We ate lunch, then for dessert I got a turtle cheesecake, and a peanut butter and chocolate chip cookie for later.

 

 

It was amazing!!! Another bonus about the market was the super hot guy we saw working at one of the fruit stalls. We walked past about 3 times, haha! We then caught the cute little ferry over to Yaletown.

 

 



We walked up to Robson St, which is the main shopping and restaurant street in downtown. We walked along checking out some of the shops. We went into the Canucks team store, and I got a Canucks shirt to wear to the game on the 17th. I also met a pretty cute guy. Too bad he's made out of cardboard :(

 

 

I also got a top, some postcards, and more halloween decorations to put on my door. There was an amazing halloween store filled with everything you could imagine. They had so many hilarious costumes.

 

We then walked down to the waterfront and saw Canada Place. This is my favourite place in downtown Vancouver. It was Abby's first time downtown, so of course I had to take her to my favourite place!

 

While we were down there, Abby asked a random lady if she could take a photo of us with her dog! Hahaha so weird. Oh Abby...

 

 

We saw the Olympic Cauldron then walked to the Vancouver Lookout and rode the glass elevator up to the observation deck. We got there about 6pm and got to see it at the end of daylight.

 

Then at sunset :)

 



 





We then waited until the sun had set and saw the city at night with all the lights.

 



We got dinner on Granville St then caught the bus home.

 

Yesterday was officially Thanksgiving. Unfortunately I spent the day studying and doing laundry, I know, so boring. We got invited to a TweedSL Thanksgiving dinner that told us to dress up nice. So we got dressed up, but when we met up with other floors we felt so overdressed! We all looked so nice though :) We went to the dining hall and I got to have my traditional Thanksgiving dinner of roast turkey, mashed potato, stuffing, and gravy. Then for dessert we had pumpkin cheesecake, which was SO GOOD!



 

I'm going to be super busy studying for exams until the 17th! If you don't hear from me until then, that's the reason why!

 

Love,

Emily