It was impossible to resist a sunny day in Vancouver! We headed down to Granville Island and then east with the wind at our backs. We walked for about 45 minutes before deciding to hop on an Aquabus across to Yaletown. At the corner of Mainland and Davie we discovered a small Artigiano coffee shop housed in the Opus Boutique Hotel. The aroma of coffee mixed with soft jazz as we walked in the door. Coffee was served in cups & saucers, not mugs. Loose leaf herbal tea was served in a teapot with a built in infuser. The baking was delicious! It felt as though we were in a Parisienne cafe.
We sat and listened to the upscale orders being placed at the counter. The most amusing was "easy heat with an inch" which conjured up a variety of images. He was a 50 year old regular customer with a string of other requests to ensure that his order was special.
The sunshine invited us back outside where the wind had picked up in intensity. We walked along the north side of False Creek for a while before hopping on another Aquabus to Granville Island. On the weekends the island is a zoo! It is amazing that people think they'll be able to find parking on a Saturday afternoon. "Winterruption", the island's winter festival, was in full swing with musical performances in tents and stilted performers wandering around.
Three hours had passed. It was time to head for the apartment and put our feet up!
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