What a leisurely start to our day. (Doesn’t “leisurely” sound more admirable than “lazy”?) But after my not great sleep I was okay with that. (But what do you do if you can’t sleep? You take a night photo of the lights.)

After that somewhat less-than-stellar sleep we woke and made our Keurig “meh” coffees. Better than nothing, after all. Then it was a lot of screen time and sitting around, with a shower, eventually, for the other occupant of this huge place. (I realized last night that not only do we have two bedrooms, but the sofa in the living room is actually a sofa bed! Guess we should have invited guests, eh?) Gee, if someone slept in the bathtub we could have had seven in this place. 😉

Our server last night recommended two things to do here in Vancouver, and one thing not to do (He said not to bother with the swinging bridge for $27 — saying it wasn’t worth the cost.) I looked up the “Fly Over Canada” — which he highly recommended — and saw that it, too, was pretty costly (as in $36 for one film and $54 for the two). We could choose between Awaken Canada and Call of the Canadian Rockies. But should we bother? Something we had to ponder considering the cost. Do keep in mind, of course, that these are Canadian dollars so it isn’t quite as bad as the US dollar. The other recommendation was one I’d already read about — take a ferry or other water transport to Granville Island and visit the market. That, of course, is much less money.

Once we were both ready to go out we opted for a water ferry to Granville Island. We can decide on the more expensive option for tomorrow. So off we went.

The walk to the ferry was quite short, and Dan bought our round trip tickets. Then on to the boat we went. I’m pretty amazed by all the buildings here.

We disembarked and pretty much immediately went into the market to find real coffee.

Then we strolled. The market is pretty darn cool. So much to see (and eat). Beautiful flowers as well, along with crafts.

Eventually we opted to get lunch there. I had a maple salmon burger and Dan had poutine with sausages. You’ll probably be astounded that I will now write that I ate too much! But hey, I opted for salad rather than fries. Guess I’m on a health kick!

We sat for quite a while, and then walked a wee bit more. Someone here thought a bite of something sweet might be nice. I had mini-cookies (of which I could only eat one), and Dan got an oatmeal chocolate chip cookie. No photos, though.

We ambled a bit more, but eventually went back to the dock to catch our ferry. SO many boats on our walk back. How they get out from the crowded area I haven’t a clue.

Then back we went … on the water and then a short walk back to the hotel.

It was feet up time for a bit. Plus blogging and reading. Oh, and breathing too. Both in and out. We are special that way. It took a while, but we did eventually go back outside. In search of dinner.

As if I even needed it.

We went just a short bit away to a spot that had lots of restaurants, and walked around a bit to investigate. Dan, at one point, simply glowed. Or was in the pink. Or something.

Thai? Italian? A pub? Indian? What to do, what to do?

Oh … Greek!

We shared olives and I ordered a small plate of spanikopita with NO sides. Dan had souvlaki. For me that small plate was more than enough and quite yummy.

As has been the case everywhere we’ve been, our server was a delight and agreed that California could become part of Canada.

Works for me!

We then walked back to our hotel where I pulled out my remaining two tiny cookies which served as dessert. As if I needed one. Heh.

Tomorrow perhaps we will head to Stanley park. Stay tuned.

G’night!