explore the city i live in

I’ve been so restless lately and wanting to travel, but as I’m also broke, I’ve been going on little mini adventures around town. Last week I went to a restaurant in Chinatown and was seated at a table with an old woman and her mother, neither of who appeared to speak English. So we smiled and nodded and pointed at each other and it was great fun. I only live a few blocks from Chinatown, so I’m planning on doing a lot more of this, as well as seeking out the hidden authentic Mexican restaurants about town.

This is something I actually think I do pretty well… at least more than most people in Vancouver, I think. But there are still a lot of places I want to see around town and now that I have tentative plans to move to Halifax, I’m focused on getting them done.

1. Grouse Grind.
2. Hike the Chief.
3. Hike the Lions.
4. Hike Black Tusk.
5. Go to the Vancouver Maritime Museum.
6. Go to the drive-in movie theatre.
7. Eat at Baru.
8. Eat at Habibi’s.
9. Bike around Stanley Park. I have done this many times before, but not in years.
10. Eat at Nyala.
11. Go to the Vancouver Museum. I’ve been before, but there’s an exhibit on now that I want to see.
12. Take photos of the DTES neon.
13. Go in the Vancouver Marathon.
14. Go in the Polar Bear Swim.
15. Capilano Suspension Bridge.
16. Reifel Bird Sanctuary.
17. Richmond Night Market.
18. Take photos of the willows at Jericho Beach.
19. Nitobe Japanese garden, UBC.
20. QE biosphere
21. Mission longhouse and abbey
22. MOA. Been here many times, but it needs another go soon.
23. Lynn Canyon
24. Eat at Lumiere.
25. Eat at Sooke Harbour House – on the island, so not really my city, but it’s close enough.
26. Granville Island Brewery tour.

I’m sure there are more, but that’s all I can think of for the moment.