Day 15: Vancouver, Canada

Hello Vancouver!  Our Alaskan Cruise is officially over.  

The end of our trip sure did not end so well.  My mom was just really sick; it seems like early signs of flu so I know she must be miserable.  The silver lining is she got sick after our last stop of the cruise at the end of our trip, but still no fun to miss out on vacation time.   We planned to spend the day in Vancouver but she was so ill she could barely walk.  I quickly booked a hotel for her to rest and relax while we would continue on with our tour.  We did self disembark which was so easy!  In fact we went from the departure lounge, through immigration, in a taxi, and to our hotel in about twenty minutes!  I was in disbelief at how quick the process took.  Thankfully, we managed to get a super early check in at the hotel around 9am.  We got my mom settled and then the three of us headed out for The Granville Island Market Tour.  I have never done a food tour so was looking forward to to trying something new.  We met our tour guide, Michael, and were off on our first food tour.  Our first stop was at Edible Canada Bistro.  It is a farm to table restaurant and just really yummy.  We had fresh hummus with roasted seasonal vegetables paired with a local white wine.  We then got an overview of our tour. 

We continued on to about a dozen other food vendors around the market with samples of course.  Here are some of our favorites . . .

The freshest honey dipped donuts that were melt in your mouth yummy!

Of course local maple syrup too . .

Cherries that were picked yesterday . . . I lost count at how many Colin ate!

Everything we tasted was amazing!  The market was a food lovers paradise but by the end of our tour the market became packed!  The weather was out of world beautiful and so many people out enjoying the sunshine.  Since we took a taxi to Granville Island we decided to take one of the Aquabus Ferry back to the hotel. 

The boats were so cute and quick too!  The best part they only held maybe 8 people so wasn't crowded at all.  We stopped back by the hotel to check on my mom and have a little nap too.  We decided to go have an early dinner before going to the airport.  It was a short walk from the hotel to the Gastown area where we found an outside table at The Flying Pig Gastown.  I had Truffled Jumbo Maccaroni and Beet and Bresaola Salad.  

By this point we were all fooded out and just at that point we were ready to be home!  A quick stop to see the Gastown steam clock . . .

I knew my mom had to be hungry so grabbed her some soup before heading back to the hotel.  We packed up our stuff and it was off to the airport for the red eye flight home to Texas.