Meg and Dave at the Vancouver Lookout

View from the downtown harbor area

Day 4--Vancouver Lookout

Today, we decided to sleep in a little bit, since we were pretty tired from our two previous days.  After we both got up, we walked over to Blenz Coffee to get breakfast and use the WiFi internet access there.  I got online, updated the blog, checked Facebook and email and looked up the weather for our upcoming cruise.  I also checked my credit card and bank accounts.

We walked back over to the hotel and put the computer back in the room and then we walked downtown to the Vancouver Lookout.  The Lookout is 450 feet high and circular, so it gives you a 360 degree view of Vancouver.  (It’s very much like the Prudential Center in Boston, if you’ve ever been up in that). 

The views were just spectacular and we spent almost 2 hours up in the Lookout.  After that, we descended and walked to The Elephant and Castle Pub, one of the places that I had really wanted to eat while in Vancouver.  We had an excellent meal of authentic British pub grub (fish and chips for me and steak and kidney pie for Dave) and then headed back out to walk off our lunch.

We strolled down to the harbor to see the Olympic cauldron and a statue called Digital Orca.  We also were able to walk up onto the Living Roof of the convention center.  It is a roof with grass, strawberries and native plants growing on it.  It acts as an insulator in the winter and reduces the need for cooling in the summer.  They even have a full-time bee-keeper there!

Then we walked back to the hotel, stopping in several little shops.  We also went to the drug store to get some more water and some snacks.  On our way, we passed a female contortionist busking in the street, so we stopped to look at her act which was very cool.

Then we walked back to the hotel and relaxed a bit, looking over the photos from the day.  I took a shower and wrote up this entry, while Dave went to sleep.  We are up early tomorrow for our last full day in Vancouver.  We are heading to the Aquarium to see Beluga whales!

PS: Notice the amount of walking!  Vancouver is a very walkable city and we are doing a lot of it!