I left my heart in Vancouver
As I fight off these mounting piles of work, let’s tour one of my favourite cities in the world - Vancouver.
I’ve grown up in a city state so I enjoy the buzz and the hype of a cosmopolitan town. Vancouver is all that plus fantastic weather thrown in. I can run around in boots all day for all I care.
The moment I step off the plane and have dumped my luggage, I started my mini tour at the harbour.
I do think Toronto’s harbour looks way much prettier. Vancouver’s harbour look strangely similar to the one in Hong Kong.
A short walk thereafter, I enter the historic gastown. The streets were pretty empty.
Terribly shaky picture I know. But yeap, touristy picture… checked. Strange how I really liked the whole denim skirt with black tights combo then. If only I can ditch the fur jacket for a long coat.
There is just something amazing about the traditional vibe in gastown that made me smile. Cluster after cluster of shops that reminded me of cowboys and horses.
Adjacent to gastown, one should check out the Sun Yat Sen garden that lies somewhere in Chinatown. It is said to be really pretty with awesome botany.
I didn’t stay too long to linger in Vancouver’s chinatown and headed straight to the city centre.
Unlike Singapore’s orchard where you have to jostle with the crowd, Vancouver’s city centre is busy yet has a tinge of calmness to it all.
Taken from Banana Republic’s flagship store in Vancouver.
Until you see a car like this.
Just like our local sunflower motorbike, this has become Vancouver city centre’s resident car. Everyone takes a snap shot with the car.
Well you would have thought that I would have gone crazy shopping, but I realise that I wasn’t as shopaholic as I was a famished girl in the cold winter. After digging into Kebabs for breakfast, I had the most delicious nutella waffles along the street at Cafe Crepe Express. So delicious that I do think about it ever so often.
Ah, and with that I leave you with one of my favourite moments in Vancouver.
Calm, serene, beauty.
If only.