Our plan today is to go to the Queen Elizabeth Park to see the gardens and to see the Bloedel Conservatory. The park is at the highest point in Vancouver and there are panoramic views.
The first place we visit is the Bloedel Conservatory. It is full of tropical plants and birds. There is a helpful brochure that refers to numbered sites in the conservatory.
After spending a good deal of time in the Conservatory we decide to get lunch at the restaurant at the park, Seasons in the Park. It is a lovely restaurant with beautiful views of the park out the windows. The restaurant hosted a meeting between President Clinton and President Yeltsin in 1993. And the food is good too!
After our late lunch we walk around the garden some more. Part of the garden is in quarries that are no longer in use. It is a dramatic setting where you can look at the overall garden from above and then walk among the plantings.
In the early evening we head over to Granville Island which is the happening place in Vancouver. There are music venues, shops, and restaurants. We decide to dine at Edible Canada, a restaurant that showcases Canadian products. Our dinner starts out well but goes down hill at the entree course. John didn’t like his and didn’t eat some of it. John usually likes everything!
gin cured char, Vancouver Island sea salt, lemon crema, fresh dill, crusty bread, pickled onion YUM!
daily selection of organic farm fresh vegetables, Canadian grain hummus, pickled vegetables – This was not so good. John had his with smoked sturgeon which he wouldn’t even eat it was so rubbery and off-putting plus the grain hummus was just regular chickpea hummus
Lastly we take a walk around Granville Island and look at the shops. The view of downtown Vancouver is pretty spectacular.
