The Markets are a food lover paradise (which luckily we both are!) There are hundreds of stalls with fresh fruit (all summer fruit, berries etc), fresh bread, pastries, fish, cheeses and everything in between. We wandered around for ages trying to decided what we would eat for lunch later on.
After heading outside, we sat and watched a buskers show who juggled flaming sticks and more amusingly got out of straight jacket with chains and padlocks tied on. We're not sure how he did it but it was good fun and he took great delight in picking on people in the crowd and also walking by.
We headed back in for lunch, Dan for curry and Tan for home made chicken noodle soup, some what reminisent of lining up in the soup nazi's kitchen for those who remember the Seinfield episode! We shared our lunch outside by the water with the seagulls ready to pouce, hence this sign posted everywhere!
They were quite tame and would let you get nearby, although you became a target for those flying overhead! Note the view of park of the Vancouver skyline in the background.
The rain started pelting down (we are getting used to carrying an umbrella now - although we have been told numerous times our brolly is 'cheap and nasty' and won't cut the winter...We sheltered in Starbucks for coffee and hot chocolate (with about a litre of whipped cream on top) until the rain quietened down then walked over the bridge home).
We headed down to Jaggers for drinks and dinner and met a man who told us all about how he liked to go to Wreck Beach (nudist beach) - sometimes there is such a thing as too much information. But we had a good night and got to taste some more of the local beers and wine as well as Chilean wine which is also very good.
(Above) rain rolling into Vancouver! You can't really see it on this photo but there is lots of construction already starting in order to be finished for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
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