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An Afternoon in Steveston


An alternative title for this post is “The afternoon I wore my blouse inside out”

Greenways

Seafood Fest Festival

We were in historic Steveston Village for the Wild BC Seafood Fest a couple of weekends ago.

An afternoon at Steveston

I wore my blouse inside out the whole day and didn’t notice it until later on in the evening when I was out at the mall shopping. Actually, I think the blouse looks better inside out.

Steveston is one of my few go-to destinations for when I want to feel like a tourist in my own city. It’s a charming fishing community in Richmond with a lot to see, do and eat.

There’s a fishermen’s wharf, fresh fish is sold from docked fishing boats. I purposefully discouraged my mom from coming with us because I imagined she’s get overly excited and would want us to bring fresh fish home.

Signage

Artisan Bakery @ Steveston

I like that there’s ample parking in Steveston, there are quaint and unique stores on Moncton Street, restaurants, trails and historic sites about the fishing and cannery by the Japanese, Europeans and other settlers in the village.

Warning!

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Wharf

BC Sardine Fest

An afternoon at Steveston Steveston Hotel

Riding In Trains


The new Canada Line SkyTrain started running last month much to everyone’s excitement (well, almost everyone). Up to 85,000 people lined up to ride the train the first day it opened, and it’s had a steady stream of commuters since than.

The train connects downtown Vancouver to the airport and Richmond.

Bridgeport on new Canada Line

I like going to Richmond, except it always seems so far away with the traffic, bridges and not to mention I always manage to get lost.

Aberdeen Centre is my favourite shopping destinations in Richmond and the train promises to get me there in just 20 minutes.

We decided to test this theory out the first weekend of the train’s debut.

We started out at the Vancouver City Centre Station which we accessed through the Pacific Centre Mall.

Canada Line

We stopped at the Olympic Village for about 10 minutes, we heard over the intercom that the line was experiencing delays.

We got out, the train left us and we took another train headed for the airport, a quick tour of the airport route later we got off at Bridgeport to change to a Richmond bound train.

We waited for another 30 minutes, the crowds grew, people got impatient and the intercom kept announcing the delays.

Finally the train came and Aberdeen Centre was the next stop.

Coming back was much smoother and pleasant.

Train Station Arrived

Her People

Father & Son

With Camera Yellow

Waiting

Sand Sculpture

Sand Sculpture Castle

We also caught the ‘Return of the First Emperor’ exhibition at Aberdeen Centre, an amazing sand sculpture of the Great Wall of China with life-size terracotta warriors and horses


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