Day 1 - Granville Island, Torch Relay

I arrived in Vancouver Thursday night, to be met at the airport by daughters Emily and Jennifer and friend Shawna. Luckily they were there to help with my luggage and we took the new Canada line subway to Yaletown, where we walked to Jen's place. For dinner we went to a great place right on False Creek called NU. They have organically grown, local food. We all like trying different things, so we shared 14 tasting dishes, including 9 different creatures!

Friday was the day of the opening ceremonies, which we were watching on TV like all of you. Pretty fantastic! So while Jen went to work (boo) the rest of us took the bus to Granville Island, a group of stores and farmer's market under the Granville bridge. We wandered around and picked up some beautiful wild BC coho salmon for dinner at home (in front of the TV) and then headed back to the bus stop. On the way, we saw a crowd gathering and while under the Granville bridge, where we were not getting rained on, we saw the torch relay go by. That was a cool and unexpected thrill!

After dropping the food off at home, we went down to Denman and Davie, where we could walk along the sea wall looking at English Bay, as well as check out some shops along Denman.

Day 2 is a hockey game, so check back for details later!