07th-08th March - Vancouver

On March 7th, we visited Lonsdale Quay Market in North Vancouver. So we get on the bus in Renfrew Heights (where we live), then onto the Expo Line and get off at Vancouver-Downton. From here, we take the SeaBus over Vancouver Harbour to North Vancouver. Incidentally, the SeaBus (a ship) is one of the public transport here and can be used with a regular ticket (in our case with the Compass Card). However, since you are moving from Zone 1 to Zone 2, an additional fee of $1.15 is due. The Lonsdale Quay Market turns out to be less of a large market hall with many different stands (as we suspected), but rather more of a large hall with some food stalls in it. So no market stroll after all. We choose the nearest stand; there are Mexican Chimichangas (a tortilla filled with various things) with guacamole, jitomate con cilantro (tomatoes with coriander) and frijole (undefined, but delicious porridge made from black beans). Unfortunately, there is not much else to see in North Vancouver. That was worth it. We walk around the neighborhood a bit and then decide to take the regular bus (which passes Vancouver Harbour over a bridge) back to our accommodation. In the evening, there is frozen pizza and leftover pasta and that's it. On March 8th, unfortunately, it is also not very spectacular. We have decided to visit the Science World. A quite impressive building on the boundary of the district to Chinatown. The Science World charges quite high entrance fees and it is less about science than about showing cool experiments to children, but not explaining how they work. In addition to some 'science shows' on the topics of 'Cold', 'Air' and 'Chemistry' conducted by employees, you could try out many things yourself (reaction tests, many things from optics, acoustics, electricity, mechanics and thermodynamics). The human body, geology (which is of course not a real science) and of course dinosaurs could not be missed. The children certainly had an incredibly great day here and had a lot of fun, but due to the lack of explanations, they probably didn't learn much new. For us, the whole thing was less worthwhile, as it is almost exclusively an experience for children and not for adults (which is difficult to deduce from the website, however). Tomorrow, on March 9th, we fly to Whitehorse in the Yukon. Currently, it's a relaxing -20°C here and hopefully a lot of snow. We will even be picked up from the airport by our Airbnb mom - what a service! Unfortunately, our transfer to Haines Junction is delayed by at least one day due to an 'unexpected vehicle breakdown'. But at least there is still time to explore Whitehorse a bit. We have already checked in for the flight and this time we will probably even be able to sit next to each other. Let's see!