Vancouver wasn”t all about food. Other interesting things, unique to that city presented themselves.
A Cool Bicycle Rack in Victoria
A Tank and Cannon guard the Armory
Let the walkin” man walk.
The walking man is ubiquitous; we don”t even notice him. But in Vancouver, the walking man took new forms.
STOP! walkin’ man
This dude is goin’ against the crowd.
And this chap has picked up a companion.
Rain
Though it didn”t rain while we were there, Vancouver gets lots of rain at other times. Most buildings, especially new buildings, have erected glass awnings, rather than the traditional canvas awnings, to allow precious light to penetrate to the street. I didn”t see any canvas awnings in Vancouver, while in Victoria those are the only kind I saw.
Victoria awnings
While in Vancouver…
And they go around the corner, as well…
and the entrance is not ignored
Finally, this sign was in our hotel elevator. Our hotel was populated mainly by tour groups of large Eastern Europeans
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