Granville Island

Today we went to Granville Island. First we went to the Kids Market and there were lots of cool but expensive toys! After the market we went to a freezing water park. I played with a hose and squirted Martha and some other people. Even though it was freezing we still had a good time because it was sunny. We also went down a water slide. That was cold too.

After that we went inside a food market and we bought some cherries, meat lasagne and cookies for tea. They were very nice!

  • Granville Island!
  • Kids Market at Granville Island
  • Martha on water slide
  • Martha down the slide
  • Sam and Martha at water park
  • Sam on water slide
  • Sam down the slide
  • Martha at water park
  • Sam at water park
  • Sam and Martha at water park
  • Granville Island
  • False Creek at Granville Island
  • View from Granville Island

(Note from Mike: I remember visiting Granville Island when I lived in Vancouver 14 years or so ago and loved the Public Market which has some great food sellers. I used to come across via the Aquabus from Hornby as my apartment was close to there. It’s also has a very arty vibe with lots of craft studios and artisan workshops. It’s a great place to visit and was good to come back.)

Emoji day 🤣

In the morning we went for a walk in Deer Lake Park which is near our house.

  • Bear sightings in this area
  • A path in the park
  • View of the lake
  • Walking in the park
  • Wildcat spotted in area

In the afternoon we went to the nearby shopping centre and created our own emoji at the Apple Store. I created this emoji:

It was great!

  • Art Lab for Kids: Make Your Own Emoji
  • Martha drawing
  • Sam drawing
  • Martha and Sam drawing
  • Sam’s emoji
  • Martha’s emoji

We also met daddy’s cousin and had a smoothie.

Goodbye Québec, hello Vancouver!

We got up very early (3am) to go to the airport to catch a plane to Calgary and then a shorter plane journey to Vancouver. On the journey to Calgary I ate biscuits, lots of pretzels and orange juice.

When we got to Vancouver we got a taxi from the airport to our new home in Burnaby, Vancouver. We watched “Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie” and then went to bed.

  • Flying over the Rockies
  • Our home for the next 4 weeks

A very hot day

We did some school work in the morning in the hostel library. Then we had a walk down to the port area where the boats were and had a picnic and played in a mini play area. However, because it was very hot, we walked back in to town and to the hostel.

  • View of port
  • Clowns in the street
  • Fin de Partie by Max Streicher
  • Martha and Sam climbing
  • L’hôtel de ville de Québec
  • By Isabelle Desrochers

News from home!

  • Auntie Manda & cousins Hattie & Emily
  • Cousins Alice and Emily
  • Mud galore!

Congratulations to my amazing sister Manda on graduating with a 2:1 from the University of Hull, all done whilst working full time, looking after all my fabulous nieces and becoming a grandma for the first time!!

Happy 18th Birthdays to Sam and Martha’s cousins Alice and Emily!

Well done to Jenny, Kaito, Josh and Max on completing the Race for Life – lots of fun and for a good cause!

Lots Of Walking

First we walked through the old part of the city and to the ferry. We got a short ferry ride to the other side to a place called Lévis. There we had a picnic and me and Sam played hide and seek. Then we walked up some very steep steps and looking back there was very nice views. We found a small park and I went on the monkey bars a lot.

  • Rue Sous Le Fort
  • Rue des Pains Bénits
  • Rue du Cul-de-Sac
  • Ferry to Lévis
  • On the ferry to Lévis
  • Lévis park
  • Château Frontenac
  • Governor’s Promenade

After that we walked back to the ferry and went across back to the city and we walked back to the hostel. What a lot of walking!

Québec City

We left Niagara, went back to Toronto and then flew to Québec City. We walked along the city walls and climbed on the cannons. Most people that we met spoke French and English. We saw some people dressed up in old soldiers costumes and one of them had a musket which he fired.

  • Cannon on the city wall
  • Martha drumming
  • Sam on the city wall
  • Soldier firing musket
  • Rue d’Auteuil