Canada,  North America,  Travel

Vancouver

December 28, 2019 /

Today, when I was driving from Seattle to Vancouver, my friend and I were driving across Canada from the United States, and we were unexpectedly asked a lot of questions by a serious and expressionless border inspector: How long have you been in Canada? Why are you here? Where do you live? (Live at the owner of the sofa?! Have you met before?) Where do you two live in the US? Drive all the way from California? What kind of work do you do in the US? Go back to work someday? How did you two meet? It feels like we will be rejected if we continue to ask, but fortunately, if there is no more questions, we will let us pass. I didn't expect the immigration checks here in Canada to be so strict.

Most of the shops in the streets of Vancouver are also chains, which are very similar to those in the United States, and they are very familiar. I went to Stanley Park and the Capilano Suspension Bridge. There were as many people in line at the Suspension Bridge as Disneyland, but it was still worth a visit. It was like a fairy tale world inside, with a particularly festive atmosphere.

After arriving in Vancouver, I ate lunch and dinner at a Pakistani restaurant in Panjabi Market. It seems that I seldom return to the same restaurant when I travel, but this one is simply delicious, and there is a special biryani on Friday, so Must go back to eat again. The owner of the restaurant kept chatting with my friend. After that, my friend and I popularized a lot of knowledge about the history, region, language, culture and food of India and Pakistan.

Go shopping at Granville Island Public Market in the evening, similar to the Pike Place Market in Seattle that I just went to yesterday. There is a winery here. I am a person who never drinks, and my friends have popularized a lot of knowledge about beer. Today is a day to go back to school and recharge!

The Vancouver-based sofa owner recently moved from Montreal and previously lived in Morocco and France as an immigration lawyer. He was not at home when we arrived yesterday, and he had to work overtime temporarily and didn't come back until midnight. He didn't even lock the back door of his house for us, so we let us come in first.

An old junior high school classmate whom I hadn't seen for more than ten years took me to have morning tea, and I was so stuffed. In the afternoon, I went to Gastown and Chinatown. This was the first time I caught up with the rain during this trip.

The second sofa owner in Canada is Omani, but his mother is Moroccan. He strongly recommends to me to go to Morocco. This morning, I recommended us to go to Burnabi Mountain Park and the surrounding places to see the scenery. Fortunately, the weather cleared up for the first time after coming to Canada, and I finally saw what Vancouver looked like in my impression.

There is not much to do outdoors in Vancouver this season, but fortunately there are still a lot of delicious food. The pineapple buns and char siu buns at Xincheng Bakery are the best I have ever eaten. The Indian restaurant recommended by a friend of a friend at noon is amazing.

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