We breakfast at our Fairmont hotel looking out at the Pan Pacific across the road, and watching the comings and goings of Korean car dealers, who stole our bed and our view of the harbour.
Then for a walk round downtown Vancouver viewing the architecture. Mainly high, towering, flat-topped, glass-sided buildings, although varying in colour and not too close together. Much preferable to the black-glassed, closely-packed buildings of Toronto, which gave us such a claustrophobic feeling when we were there a few years back.
And here some pyramids.
And some with a clock tower..
... or even a viewing platform oddly perched on the edge, reminding one of the top of the Sky Tower in Auckland. But this one probably not so good for bungee jumping.
The Marine building was once the tallest building in the British Empire but now gets lost among the surrounding buildings. It now looks pretty unimpressive from the outside in spite of some Art Deco embellishments.
But inside it has a more impressive lobby area, and a reminder of the Art Deco of Napier!
Then some skaters in Robson Square...
...and on the Lost Lagoon in Stanley Park.
Back to the hotel where Clodagh has been busy packing for our journey home.
And home we go via Air Canada. Not up to the high standards of Air New Zealand. The end of a really good trip - lots of good new interesting experiences and people. But not restful. Now need a holiday. Where to next?
Robert Cole
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