Shoes?

There are just some things that even Jet Lag can't explain. Mags was wandering around Granville Island on Sunday morning - she came home and said she say a dog wearing shoes. Surely not? It looks like it might be true.

Shoes?
Originally uploaded by M+MD

Shoes, originally uploaded by M+MD

Early Morning Vancouver

Early Morning Vancouver, originally uploaded by M+MD.

We stayed up late on Saturday night, to force out the jet-lag. It nearly worked - but for some reason our body clocks are still about 3 hours off. So we collapse tired at about 10 in the evening and wake up between 5 and 6 am. With the great weather and the bright sun on the water just outside our front door, there are some compensations for the jet lag.
This morning we headed down to Granville Market for breakfast. What a variety on offer, I had a "boring" scrambled eggs on waffles, Senan had a crepe with lemon and sugar; Mags had an indian special of curried sausage and curried scrambled eggs with Chai while Katy just went mad and had noodles and sweet and sour chicken!

Kitsilano Beach, Vancouver

Kitsilano Beach, Vancouver
Originally uploaded by M+MD.

This afternoon (Sunday local time, 8 hours behind) we took the bikes out and cycled along the seaside cycle track. This brought us through Vanier Park, where the kite flyers were out. At Kitsilano Beach we stopped for Ice cream. It's warming up after a dull start to the day. Being Sunday there are lots of people walking and cycling or just sun bathing.The bike trail then took us through some quiet suburban streets and then down to Jericho Beach Park. While the path went on to the University of British Columbia, but having cycled over 6 km out we decided it was time to turn back.

Swimming in False Creek

Swimming in False Creek
Originally uploaded by M+MD.

Whats the point in living in a house boat if you don't go swimming. We just jumped off the deck and into the cold water of False Creek, Vancouver Bay. It didn't take too long to warm up. Though as the picture shows, Senan was a little harder to persuade. See more Vancouver photos

Street Life

Street Life, originally uploaded by M+MD.

Granville Island on Sundays attracts a lot of visitors. Lots of visitors means Street Entertainment. This gentleman manages to balance on a plank of timber on a pipe on a platform. While there he suceeds in passing his body through a tennis racquet (with no strings) and juggle some kitchen objects, including knives and a plunger! It's all happening literally on our front doorstep.

Vancouver - First Night

Evening 9.45
Originally uploaded by M+MD.

We've just arrived in Vancouver for a two week holiday. It was a long day and by now its 5.45 in the morning in Dublin and we's been up since 6.15 so we are just coming up to 24 hours on the go! But we need to keep going another hour or so to shake off the jet lag. We are on our first house swap holiday. We are staying in Rob and Anne's fantastic house boat on Granville Island in the centre of Vancouver. This is a picture from our floating "patio". This was taken just as we were getting ready to watch to-nights fireworks display - I think its to celebrate our arrival!(?).