We have arrived in Vancouver safe and sound. To our surprise, British Columbia looks just like northern Washington. Who would have guessed it? What is even more surprising is that other than socialized medicine and an odd affection for the moose, Canadians look and act much like Americans. And much like the vatican Starbucks seems to be a country that extends beyond all political, national and moose loving boundaries. There are a staggering 60 Starbucks in Vancouver, 90% of them are with in a three block radius… I can not substantiate that last statistic, this is my first time here and I haven’t looked around much. But as far as I can tell from my brief hours here, it is absolutely true.
We are off to explore Canada,
Phil
It really is a city of glass. We are staying on the 19th floor of one of the many high rises downtown. One of our walls is entirely windows and the urban landscape framed by mountains make for a killer view. A great escape from Loveland.

Tonight, we ate crab. We took a water taxi across a fjord to the restaurant called The Sandbar. It was the best crab I have ever tasted. While we ate the crab, we got to look at the fjord from which it came. Sweet!
We also made it to the Vancouver Art Gallery today. It was filled primarily with an overwhelming exhibit on animae, video games and cartoons. I did get to play a little old school pac-man though. It was more exciting than you’d think. The most interesting exhibit detailed the career of Chinese performance artist/sculptor Zhang Huan. It was really interesting as he really worked in a way that considered the meaning of his works and their position in relation to traditional art and craft making.
Tomorrow we are looking forward to going to the aquarium and I am looking forward to buying Nutella. (I’m going to get Canadian Pepperoni! I thinks it’s made out of killer whales or something. - Phil)
We will see you all oot and aboot.
Sarah
Post Script: After exploring Vancouver for a day… I was wrong about the whole Starbucks thing. - Phil