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| A fountain in the court of one of the buildings at the Vancouver Waterfront |
Vancouver's Waterfront is spectacular! Even though it was in the middle of our Canadian winter, we could not believe how mild the temperature had been while we were in Vancouver.
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| Canada Place, Vancouver, British Columbia |
A balmy 12 degree C in the morning and up to 17 in the afternoon!
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| Stairs to the Canada Place |
It would have been a crime not to take advantage of this fine weather and walk around the city.
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| The Canadian Trail at the Canada Place |
We decided to walk from the Sandman hotel where we were staying downtown and walked to the waterfront.
We were in Vancouver before, somehow, I could not remember the place being so pretty.
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| Vancouver was the host city of the 2010 Winter Olympics |
I think because of the 2010 Winter Olympics held in Vancouver, it helped to speed up some of the big construction project.
Walking on West Hastings, it did not take that long to reach the Waterfront considering how many times we stopped for picture taking along the way.
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| Carol Huynh - won a gold medal for Canada in Olympics' Women Wrestling |
One thing that was not there when we visited many years ago was the Canadian Trail with display boards introducing some outstanding Canadians such as Carol Huynh at the Canada Place.
This time, the Vancouver waterfront wowed us!
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| Water planes taking off from the Waterfront Terminal |
We were in the Canada Place and enjoyed a concert years ago when we were here for Expo 86.
To our pleasant surprise, there were so much more to see this time!
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| Water Plane Terminal at the Vancouver Waterfront |
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| Elijah McCoy gave us the expression " the real McCoy"! |
Besides learning a bit about the Canadian history, we also learned who was the real McCoy!
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| Taking a coffee break at the Waterfront |
After all that strolling, we took a coffee break at the cafe inside the Canada Place.
With the drizzling outside, it was a nice change sitting in a dry warm place sipping a cup of hot coffee, and enjoying the majestic mountain scenery.
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| The Vancouver Convention Centre, Vancouver |
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| view of the city from the Vancouver Convention Centre |
Time flew by when you are having fun!
It was not long before the sun started going down.
The Vancouver Waterfront was transformed to a glorious magical scenery.
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| View of Vancouver from Canada Place |
The reflection of the evening sun shimmered in the water while the colour of the mountains changed into a golden hue.
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| Olympic Cauldron, Vancouver, British Columbia |
Following the longest national torch relay in the Olympic history, the Olympic Cauldron was lit on February 12, 2010 making the official opening of the Winter Olympic and Para Olympic games in Vancouver.
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| A photo op for visitors to the Vancouver waterfront |
On the ground not far from the Olympic Cauldron, a huge painting with winter skiing scenery had been drawn for visitors to take pictures of themselves.
It was fun pretending we were getting ready to ski down the Whistler Mountains!
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| An evening view of Canada Place, Vancouver |
We were totally mesmerized by the breathtaking beauty and scenery of the Vancouver harbourfront!
If we had known that Vancouver was this beautiful, we probably would have chosen this city as our permanent home thirty yeas ago!
R.T.
Vancouver
British Columbia
Week of Feb. 22. 2016
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