Alaska, Here We Come!!! Part 1 (Vancouver)

We boarded the cruise ship in Vancouver, BC, and sailed to Whittier, AK. And then to Fairbanks, AK, to see Tony's family. What a trip it was!

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First, we flew from Salt Lake City to Vancouver. We stayed at a very nice Marriott Hotel downtown, which was only five minutes walk to the cruise ship dock.


We stayed on 23rd floor, so we had a very nice view of the city.
But I forgot to take pictures of the view from our room. Duh!

In Vancouver, 90% of taxis are Toyota Prius. It was so funny to see all the Prius taxis lined up at the airport, streets in downtown and at hotels. One taxi driver said that it is because the gas is so expensive there and drivers can't afford to have regular cars.

We had a nice breakfast at Urban Fare (very nice small Grocery store) near hotel, which was very good, but very expensive. I guess everything is expensive there. And then we spent all morning walking around downtown before we had to board the Princess Sapphire.

Who's this cute couple?!?!

We never figurred out what this was!?!?

Any guesses on what this is all about?



Cool house boats, huh?

High rise condominiums by the harbor.

If I had tons of money, I would love to live in one of those conduminiums, looking out over the harbor.

Vancouver is a beautiful town. More beautiful than I remembered.

One of hundreds of beautiful planters in downtown Vancouver

Here we go, to the ship!  Quite the sight - with all of us hauling all of our belongings through the town!

We saw this on the way to the cruise ship dock.
Do you remember this structure from the 2010 Winter Olympics?

 

 

Off to Ketchikan! Good-bye, beautiful Vancouver.