温哥华。
住在了列治文区的一个三星客栈，$95的房间小小窄窄的，居然是一张小双人床，还好只待一个晚上。下午到，立马游山玩水：选了GRANVILLE岛。沿海滩大道乱开，美丽的太平洋环抱着小岛，傍晚的太阳还很刺眼，街上人头怅动，极热闹。我们一直逛到夕阳西下，最是眼馋街边的小饭馆们，可以喝着热茶看着大海，一排一排，坐满了游客了。我们的晚饭也令人期待。大名鼎鼎的"新瑞华"酒家。呵呵，鲍翅汤，烤乳鸽，很不错的。就是太贵。花了九十大洋，好象还没吃过这么贵的一顿饭。所以特别好奇当地的香港人只么着这么有钱？他们的桌上多是大虾大蟹，哓楠同学没舍得点皇帝蟹给我吃，哼哼。。
温哥华让人好奇的还有：车车趴在大马路的最右边的路上，车开一会儿便得抵防要换道，前面的道被趴的车给挡了。满大街中文的店和他们的中文店名们，八佰半大超市，绵被店，油漆店，呵呵，好象到了中国。
Vancouver
We stayed in Vancouver only for one night. In the afternoon, we arrived to Quality Hotel, the three star hotel we booked for $95. The small room and one double-bed (instead of double beds) surprised us. The hotel seems to be equipped by furniture from IKEA, and you need your room key to use the hotel elevator, which we figured it out later. So many places to go, so little time. Finally we decided to visit Granville Island.
After getting off the bridge, we were out of reach of my printed directions, somehow we found ourselves driving on Beach Ave. That was a good choice. One side was the bay shimmering under the 6' clock sun, one side was the busy street full of tourists and interesting cafes and shops. Parked car, a delicious mango ice cream later, we found ourselves part of street. The place felt like San Francisco, but warmer.Xiaonan and I engaged in taking photos respectively. We had different shot objects. Xiaonan was interested in ocean, the sun and sunset, the stone towers people made. 
I found sudden interest in the chairs along the beach. They were donated by people for different reasons. Some were in memories of their loved ones, some were for celebrating the 20 or 30 years of anniversary, which was donated by their children. Each chair tells a story, yet, they are still chairs, quietly being there, bathing in the sun, waiting to comfort tired legs.
Many hours later, the night fell. We headed back to Richmond. Our dinner was waiting for us in that famous restaurant "Xin Hui Hua". The dishes were good, as well as expensive. It looked like we were only guests in the house who came only in two, and who didn't know how to order. The rest of guests (many of them at 9' clock, the close time for most bay area restaurants) came most in groups, family or friends, they order those big fancy dishes. I was eating my stuff and looking at those colors of dishes flying in by waitress: the red jumbo shrimp, the white live fish, the orange "pao" fish, the colorful crab ... Paid $90, xiaonan and left the "Xin" house with satisfaction.That concludes our stay in Vancouver, the city I found the touch of San Fransisco and, the taste of Los Angels.
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