Thursday Thirteen

Thirteen Things About Vancouver

1. Third largest city in Canada. Top 5 are Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa, Calgary.

2. Tim Horton's is not as popular as in Ontario. Starbucks more frequent, but I swear there were 7-11 stores everywhere.

3. The cities immediately ajacent to Vancouver are Richmond, Burnaby, and North Vanvcouver.

4. Main drag is called Granville Street.

5. They are in the process of adding a new subway line.

6. Stanely Park is huge!

7. All of the plant life is massive. Not only trees, but the hedges and bushes seemed more lush and massive.

8. Lot of homeless people downtown.

9. Everything, from houses to bottles of pop, is more expensive.

10. It can be cheaper to go across the border into the states to get gas and drive back than to buy it in Vancouver.

11. Vancouver Aquarium was not huge but was very pleasant to visit.

12. A daypass for the transit system is $8.

13. I knew Vancouver had a large population of people from Asia or with ancestors from Asia, but it didn't sink in until I was there. It seemed every second person I saw if not more were of Asian descent. Very cool.