Sunday 21 December 2008

Snow on snow

Temperatures leapt to a balmy -2C today, and the snow arrived. We tugged on our waterproofs and headed out into a winter wonderland.

Our first destination was Stanley Park, where numerous snow-covered ducks seemed confused to be walking around on their lake rather than swimming in it. We skirted the harbour shoreline (the parent-pulled sledge was the transport of choice for local kids) and caught a ferry over to Granville Island and their famous market. Things were in full swing here - the hardy Canucks don't let a little snow bother them.

The British are not so hardy, and so we sheltered in a cinema for the afternoon watching Slumdog Millionaire before walking home through the still falling snow. Tomorrow it's back on the Polar Express down to Seattle.



It's just like Narnia!



Christmassy.



The aptly named English Bay Beach.



Catching the ferry to Granville Island.



Live Christmas entertainment! Unfortunately there were more people onstage than watching.



Ice hockey on a frozen lake. Could you get more Canadian?