Hey! Like I told you, last week I went for two days to Vancouver. Sue asked me to pick up two cats from Mexico at the airport. I was happy to do that ‘cause I loved to check out the city. On the first day, I took the 1.5-hour ferry and got with buses and the Skytrain to Vancouver Aquarium: a big aquarium in Stanley Park which I wanted to check out. I spend the whole day here ‘cause I didn’t feel like walking around in the city by myself. The aquarium had many different areas: the tropics, bc-coast, an Amazone gallery with not only fish but also monkeys, reptiles and sloths, and way more. There were also many blue jellyfish in the dark water which looked beautiful. In the outside area of the aquarium, there were seals, a few pinguïns, and a huge sea lion over 300kg heavy. In the afternoon, there was a 20-minute show with the sealion: he could do a lot of different tricks which was fun to see. All the seals and sea lions were rescued in BC, ‘cause some of them were shot or hunted, so the outside part was more of a rescue centre instead of a zoo. I also went to the 4d theatre here, where they played a short documentary about bears vs salmon in Canada.

After the aquarium, I walked via a few streets, the harbour walk, and a beach club where I drank something (it was way too chic), to the train station. I took the train/metro to the airport. It was already 7 o’clock but the plane had a big delay so I waited for a long time at the airport. About an hour later, a Canadian couple handed over the kittens. It was already too late to catch the latest ferry back, so I could stay at Debbie’s place for the night. Debbie (a friend of Sue's) picked me up with her Tesla from the train station. Her apartment in downtown was on the 10th floor so it had a nice view! It was small, but it was really chic with marble-, white-, and gold-coloured objects. That night I slept with the cats, but they kept me awake although I was really tired from the whole day.

The next day Debbie showed me around Vancouver. First, we went to a big mall with super expensive brands: T-shirts were at least 1000$ each!! Of course, we only looked around for a while. After that, I showed her the lookout I read about. She had never been there before, so we decided to go there. Unfortunately, the lookout was closed, but the restaurant one floor below it was open. The view was amazing: in one hour, you turned all around on a moving platform, so you got to see the whole city through the windows. The food was also really expensive, so we only had a starter and dessert :)

Afterwards, we walked through Stanley Park and the beach back to her apartment. Around 7 pm I took the ferry back with the kitties. Because the sun was setting already, it was the most beautiful ferry ride ‘till now! I sat outside all the time. I was really happy I could stay with Debbie: she was really nice and it was a great opportunity to check out Vancouver. Debbie asked me to have lunch together again, so I hope I see her again when I go to Vancouver on Sunday :)

~Sophie