12 July, Sunday

WOW, what a beautiful day in Vancouver, not a cloud in the sky. We rode the TROLLEY around the city. In Vancouver it is broken into two routes. One route takes you thru the north part of the city, including Stanley Park. The second route takes you around the south part of the city which includes the domed athletic venues and past the new Olympic Village.

There are several places you can cross from the north route to the south route. We chose to do that at the exit near Granville Island. This is a very unique place. It has the Farmers market and several stores and shops and resturants. Being Sunday, the place was extremely busy. All the aromas of the breads and various ethnic foods made you hungary.

Vancouver is 'young' town. Lots of up and coming business people living in the city. They are building up instead of out. Lots of high rise condos and appartments. All are clad in glass allowing the sun to come in when it does shine. During the winter lots of rain does fall. They are rebuilding the water front areas as well as refurbishing several building in anticipation of the winter olympics in 2010.

The afternoon turned cool and windy as a front was coming in with rain in the forcast.

Evening was spent getting the suitcases ready for the cruise venture.

PHOTOS OF THE CRUISE WILL BE POSTED AFTER THE CRUISE IS OVER. WE DO NOT HAVE THE LAP- TOP, ONLY THE NET BOOK WITH US.