Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Vancouver

Hello everyone from Vancouver
We went up to Whistler on the train yesterday - a very enjoyable trip along the Howe Sound and then a canyon with deep gorges and huge amounts of water flowing downstream. Didn't see any salmon! Whistler is very commercialised and I much prefer Chalet land in Pertisau, Austria. It does have a stunning location ans is the home of the 2010 Winter Olympics. There's a lot of building going on.
Last day in Vancouver today - going to Robson Street and the magnificant Stanley Park.
We have had terrific weather given it's spring. It has only rained twice really and both times, we were fine - either having dinner or on a bus. There are floods on the other side of the country, so we are lucky.
We are off on the Rocky Mountaineer tomorrow.

1 comment:

maz said...

We had an interesting ride on the gondola up Whistler Mountain when we were there with friends. Our male friend left the backpack on the gondola with all the travellers cheques, plane tickets and passports. We didn't realise until 3 hrs later. His wife was less than impressed !!!!! But when we got down the mountain, voila there was the backpack waiting for us. All's well that ends well!!