We decided to spend our day in Stanley Park. The forecast called for rain starting around 1PM, so we thought we’d start the day with some bike riding. We rented some bikes to do the 8km trail around the seawall. It was a nice ride until it started raining about 1/2 way through. We got pretty wet, but enjoyed the ride despite the rain.

Jeff pulled out the poncho to keep dry on the ride.

View along our ride

After handing in our bikes, we ventured to the other side of the park to have lunch at The Fish House. It was  a really good lunch and a nice place to get dry. AND, as we were eating lunch it stopped raining.

Then it was time for the aquarium (as we thought it’d be a good activity for the afternoon rain…but when we got there it was nice and sunny). Jeff hadn’t been to an aquarium before, so I think he liked it. I enjoyed it, but have been to better aquariums.

After the aquarium, we headed over to the geodesic dome known as Science World. Lots of cool activities for kids, but Jeff and I had some fun because it wasn’t too crowded since it was close to closing time. We then walked through the Olympic Village on the way back to the hotel.

Dome!

One of the highlights of the day was figuring out all the public transportation options in this city. We took the bus to Stanley Park, the Sky Train to Science World, and the AquaBus to the hotel. Lots of good times.

AquaBus got us back to our hotel.

After all our adventures, we decided to grab dinner somewhere close to the hotel. We found a sushi place w/ good reviews a couple of blocks from our hotel, so we did that.  It was good and reasonably priced. AND definitely fresh!

Tomorrow’s our last day in the city! Not sure what the plan is, but we’ll let you know.