Vancouver

One of the things I liked about this town were the long days. Daylight begins at around 5am. and I was alerted to it by the cries of the seagulls. It does not get really dark until 9.30 pm and the twilight is long, drawn out. I guess the locals get used to sleeping beyond 5 am, but one day I got up & took a photo of the setting moon, a distant globe in the sky. In the photo it looks like one of the street lamps suspended in mid-air!
The city is compact, and there are many, many very tall buildings. Contrary to my expectation that they are office buildings, most of them in fact seem to be apartments. I wondered how the city planners had managed this, because, like Aussies, Canadians seem fond of the outdoors ("oatdoars")so the suburban spread seems to have been deferred somewhat. Indeed, our friend Jenn lives on the 24th story of her block. (With fantastic views). When I commented on this development, she replied that many town planners from far & wide come to see how it is done.
When visiting a new city, we often try to catch one of the buses that drive around & give commentary, pointing out places & things of historical or other interest.they are good value, especially if you only have a limited time in a town.We had a ticket that lasted 72 hours, caught 3 of the buses on the Friday and one on Sunday.
Before that we had eatenlunch at a drive in burger bar, White Spot. It was good!