Crispycat Recordings: Vancouver (2)

Friday, September 05, 2008

Vancouver (2)

Playlist
Rush – Hemispheres
John Coltrane - Dakar

Another unbelievably large breakfast was consumed again over the course of around an hour as we sat and chatted with the other guests – something we never normally do on holiday, preferring instead to keep ourselves to ourselves but, frankly, these people were so interesting, you couldn’t help but join in...

We took the bus downtown today and arrived a little earlier...

We found one of the biggest malls (Pacific Mall) and took a wander – disappointing really but Anne managed to find a couple of t-shirts for her trouble...

We returned to the streets and walked past the Art Gallery and I went to HMV for a browse while Anne continued round the shops...

She found me in the basement purchasing a couple of John Coltrane CDs and a book on Canadian classical pianist, Glenn Gould...

She had bought a rather fetching hat from the craft stall outside the gallery...

We stopped for a coffee at a branch of Benz on Robson St and sat in the window watching the world go by before walking on down towards Stanley Park...

On the outskirts of the park, we went down onto the beach for a rest from all the walking - then, on through the park, eschewing the pitch and putt for sitting by the lake watching the squirrels, ducks, geese, swans and gulls...

We emerged from the other side of the park and walked round the seawall to Canada Place where we sat watching the seaplanes flying in and out...

Ice cream tried to stave off the heat before we went back to Downtown where I found a very strange Japanese 2nd hand book and CD store, picking up a Charles Lloyd disc on which he’s joined by the Brad Mehldau Trio and John Abercrombie on guitar...

We saw the Olympic clock, counting down the seconds till the Winter Olympics here in 2010, then went into the Art Gallery and shops – a jazz trio was playing at the open air restaurant...

We walked back on down to Gastown and enjoyed a lovely Indian meal at the Sitar restaurant after drinks at the Deighton Well...

We took the bus back home, checked the net briefly then bed...

A tiring but enjoyable day...

Highlight of the Day : Just walking around taking the city in...

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