We awoke in Victoria and had a beautiful view out in the harbour while we indulged in the breakfast ingredients we cobbled together. Breakfast included an apple, orange, yogurt, avocado and a protein bar and tea for me and coffee for J!
We checked out of the hotel and drove to Swartz Bay (about 40 minutes away) to catch our ferry to Vancouver. We are sure glad we had reservations for all of our ferry rides on this trip. We just showed them a copy of our reservation that had a bar code which they scanned, and we were directed to the correct lineup with our car.
The ferry from Victoria to Vancouver affords some really wonderful views of the Gulf Islands. The section between Pender and Gabriola Island was particularly pretty.
After our 1 hour and 40 minute ferry ride, we had another hour to drive downtown Vancouver to check into our hotel. Our room wasn't ready, so we parked and walked along the water towards Yaletown.
We were aiming to get to Granville Island, but we couldn't figure out how to walk there without paying a water taxi fare, so we found the restaurant Paratha to Pasta offered a lunch special that suited our fancy. I had salad (J had soup) and then I had butter chicken and rice (J had a mushroom dish with rice) and gulab jamun for dessert, for $19! Deal.
We received a text that our room was ready. There is no way we ordinarily would stay at the JW Marriott, but I had bought a silent auction item last Christmas that included a one night stay at this hotel, knowing we were planning this BC trip. So this hotel is a high end treat wouldn't otherwise explore!
We got a room on the 15th floor - and I could see out the window, down to the Parc, on level 6, was filming a TV show or a movie. It was fun to watch!
We then went for a hot tub up on floor 17. It didn't appear that there was a pool here - but there is a huge weight room if you wanted to work out!
I then wanted to walk over to BC Place (situated right next door) to see where the FIFA World Cup games will be played in June of 2026. We ate Italian for supper at Frankies Italian Kitchen. J had an excellent pizza and I had a delicious Shrimp Tagliatelle pasta dish!
We had beautiful weather - 25 C and blue sky today. We have been most fortunate to have glorious weather for all of this trip. We are really doing a driving trip back home (that will take 3 days) so there won't be much to report, so I expect this will be my last post on this trip. J has promised me we might be able to eat Ukrainian food in Grand Forks, so there is that to look forward to! Thanks for following along.
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