Up at 4.15am for cab to airport at 5am -$35. This hotel advertises as an airport hotel and yet it still took us another 20 mins to terminal - false advertising I say. Then of course you line up here and told to go somewhere else and get in another queue and then take off your shoes and belt etc to go through scanners. Only 2 more airports to go through all the rigmarole. We took off pretty much on time and luckily I checked with hostess if there would be a time change between Montreal and Calgary and had to put our watches back 2 hours. This meant as we landed on one aircraft our next flt was boarding so no time to dawdle. Then the next flt we put time back another hour so we feel that we are going to meet ourselves somewhere along the way. This meant after travelling 41/2 hours on first flt and 1 1/2 pm second, we arrived in Vancouver at 10.30am - very confusing. There are no shuttle buses from airport - only trains - so we took another cab $35 to hotel.
Our second flt from Calgary to Vancouver was just magical looking down onto the snow capped Rockies - a rare treat. And we could see a heavily snow covered Mt Robson without any cloud on top. How's that?
We are now sitting in a lovely hotel/beer garden enjoying Pizza and beer (Eric) waiting for our room to be ready.Later...........Checked into our room at 2.00pm and went straight to bed for a couple of hours. Walked a few blocks and went to church . Arrived there at 5.30 but missed half of service as it had started at 5.00pm. After that we walked back down Granville St.which was very busy as some of shops stay open till 8.00 on Sunday night. At our Comfort Inn just off Granville St there is an Irish Pub called Doolins , so had fish and chips. There was a crowd there as Pub Bingo ( whatever that is ) was just starting up, so had to sit on stools at the bar and eat.
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