Population: 578,041(1)
Population Density: 5,335/km2 (1)
Landforms: Western Cordillera(1)
Climate: Summers are dry, Late fall and winter are rainy, Average yearly snowfall is 48.2 cm(1)
Ecozone: Pacific Maritime (1)
Closest National Park: Pacific Rim National Park
Industries: Strong Slamon fishing industrie
Tourism: 25th Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Grouse Mountain
Day 1
As we pulled in to Vancouver I was amazed by the sight of the city at night. It was amazing, all the buildings were lit up and it looked great. It looked like a city that was going to be verrrry fun!!!! In the morning we saw a couple of signs about the Vancouver International Jazz Festival going on today(2)My family and i were going to the festival to listen to some Jazz music which i was not excited for at all. But I decided I would just go and deal with it. Overall it wasnt as bad as i thought it would be. The music wasnt something i would ever listen to but it was intersting to listen to it for once. There were people all over the streets trying to get there music noticed by people and try to get records made for themselves. I think a couple people actually did. There was a great resteraunt kinda thing they had there. They had Jamacian Pattys, yumm. They were great. I actually wanted to stay there for the afternoon and listen to some more music. My sister did not like it at all, shes 10 and she was throwing temper tantrums. It was weird and also scary for a few minute. It looked like she was going to kill someone! A few years back this was the winner of the Jazz Festival, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKIsRJl25To. It is a great sample of the music. For dinner this day we went to Blue Water Cafe(3). As you already know I love seafood so this was like heavan for me. It was great food. For the rest of the night we walked around the city and looked at some of the beautiful sights!
Day 2
This day i was very excited for. Today we were going to Grouse mountain(4). There is a ski lift thing that brings you up to the top of the mountain. It is very very high off teh ground and i love heights so i was really excited. So as soon as we step foot in the box that brings us up to the top of the mountain my mom flips out. She gets so scared when she thinks of heights so they wouldnt wait for her so we had to go up without her. Jay wasnt very happy and eather was she becuase she couldnt get her money back. So us three Jay, Emily and I all went up for the half an hour ride up to the top of Grouse Mountain. It was long but very interesting at the same time. When we got to the top it was nothing special to be honest just a very nice view. We stayed up there for quite a while. The way back was even better because we went way faster and could have a better view. By the time we got down my mom was very inpacient and wanted to leave. So we went to the hotel packed up all our stuff and made the long journey back home to St. Catharines. On the way back we stopped and got burger king for dinner. Those whoppers are great!! Haha once we reached St. Cathairnes I was so happy to go back to our ordinary lives. It was a fun and interesting trip!!
(1) Wikipedia, Vancouver
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