Granville Island

Even though it was raining on Saturday, Leona and I wandered around Granville Island, under the Granville Bridge.



This is "Bubbles The Seal"...so named by the locals, because if she does not get any fish from the people on the wharf, she blows bubbles to show her frustration.



The Marina....

The Toy Market.....

The Farmer's (or Public) Market...here we bought a four pound sockeye salmon.

Some Japanese Lanterns.....

This was interesting...I am not sure what it is and I could not find a sign that gave any information...what does it do???

Here we have some totem poles in the making.....

Art Deco

The Marine Building in downtown Vancouver:


Once the tallest building in the British Empire, it enjoys a special heritage status as an internationally acclaimed example of Art Deco Architecture.
Completed in 1930, the main lobby has an ornate marble flooring depicting the twelve signs of the zodiac.

These are the front doors.....

Inside the walls are panelled with 12 different types of Britsh Columbia hardwoods.

One of the elevators-with the door open.

Neat, eh?

On the Train

My sister, Leona and I began our journey to British Columbia, with a train ride aboard "The Canadian"

We left Toronto's Union Station at 2200 hours, on Saturday, September 7 and arrived in Capreol, Ontario the next day around 6 am.

Somewhere during the first day we changed time zones, losing one full hour; we are now on Central Time.

There are a total of 20 cars on our train with three dome cars, several sleepers, as well as economy and dining cars.

Around 2:30 in the afternoon, we stop in Hornepayne to pick up more passengers.

We had time to stretch our legs and get some fresh air, before moving on.
This area must be a little depressed since no one has fixed up the train station and some buildings have been left to rot.
Most folks are employed by CN Rail in this area doing maintenance.

We arrive in Sioux Lookout just after midnight of Thursday, which means we slept through most of the northern Ontario landscape, oh hum.

At 0600 hours we cross in to Manitoba, and arrive in Winnipeg at 0900 hours; where we meet Gloria (a friend of Leona’s).

Now it’s off to the “Y” for a much needed shower ($4.00 each).

Breakfast is next, and Gloria suggests Gracie’s in the City Hall complex (it’s fast & cheap).

Once clean and sated we travel to the Exchange District for a Gloria-lead tour of the old buildings in this area.

To be continued.......