Day 37 Friday 30 June 2017

Today we left at 7.40 AM to go to the Capilano Bridge and forest.  It was lovely. Elizabeth was a real trooper going across the suspension bridge and the elevated platforms.  It's a lovely place. Tomorrow is Canada Day and it’s their 150^th anniversary.  We got into the park before opening which is just as well as it was crowded but we are certain it gets a lot more crowded. 

There was also a Treetop Adventure to give a squirrel's eye-view of the forest.

We went to Stanley Park and Prospect Point gives us a view of the one of their major bridge - the Lions Gate Bridge. We saw the totem poles which really should be called story poles. We then finished off had a lunch stop at the Granville Island markets.  This was an industrial area that has been converted into a market and dining precinct. Afterwards, returning to our hotel we had a bus tour of Chinatown and Gastown.

Tonight was our tour dinner as we really won’t see much of our tour buddies once we are on the cruise ship. At the trivia quiz Elizabeth knew that Queen Maxima, christened our ship the New Amsterdam. She won a map of the inside passage. (Alaska - just for clarification).

The Fairmont chain of hotels has been lovely but the bathrooms have been very small.  So small they have to put the light switch on the outside and you have to close the toilet lid to ensure nothing falls into the toilet.

We will not have internet access until we return to Vancouver from the Alaskan Cruise (8 July). 

We might be able to post from onshore but unsure about photos.