Before I left California, I was given “City Walks: Vancouver, 50 Adventures on Foot” which is great for when you want to go somewhere and you have no idea where to go.
The first adventure in this 50 part series was #16: Metrotown.
This one was a while back, on Remembrance Day, so I don’t really remember much of it. But a good friend and I decided we’d do some shopping with no particular purpose in mind. We went to Metropolis and looked in various stores, especially those with shiny things. It was absolutely huge. For those back in California, it’s about twice the size of Valley Fair. I thought we did a fair amount of looking around, but we only moved about 2 centimetres on the map. I have a feeling I’ll be back many, many times to attempt to see all that they have.
The second adventure was #32: VanDusen Botanical Gardens.
For Metrotown, I didn’t really need the cards since I’ve heard of it from multiple people, but it was one of the adventures. However, for this one, I decided I needed something to do on Saturday, since the week before was my last week at Academie Duello for the year. Therefore, I looked through the cards and bolded at the bottom was “maze” which turned out to be “a labyrinth created from 3,000 cedars” and it entirely sealed the deal. Located about an hour’s bus ride from UBC, this is one of the largest gardens I’ve been to that I remember. It was raining, which was a dramatic change from Friday’s absolutely beautiful weather, but even so, it was still quite beautiful. I think to say anything more about it, I’d need to be more poetic than I am, so I will leave you with some pictures:
3 replies on “50 Adventures on Foot, Bus, and Skytrain”
Yessss I love those cards. Pulling one out randomly and going on the adventure it tells you to is so much fun!
Ahh, that’s so cool…
What are those purple things? They look like fake grapes, they are very intriguing.
That sounds like fun. Any idea where I can get one of those things? Loving the pictures btw.
Regards,
Rabi