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We started our journey home by heading back down to Vancouver on Friday morning and spending the day adventuring around the city. And what a lovely city to spend the day exploring. We all thoroughly enjoyed seeing the waterfront, taking a water taxi to Granville Island Public Market, driving through Stanley park and taking in the Vancouver Aquarium. I know that Vancouver will be on our list of places to return to.
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we grabbed lunch at the Granville Island Public market.
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We also found an amazing little spot after lunch appropriately called The Adventure Zone. It was a kid friendly building with sweet shops, toy and bookstores, as well as arcade games. Ollie had a blast playing a few games and picking out a cheap, plastic, I mean truly amazing toy with his winning tickets.
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OSGEMEOS (the twins), a Brazilian public art duo created a monumental, 360-degree, 70-foot tall mural on Granville Island. They also did and installation in Dewey Sq. in Boston entitled 'The Giant of Boston' in conjunction with their ICA Boston exhibition.
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water taxi back to Vancouver.
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We stopped in Stanley Park on our way to the Aquarium to see the First Nation's totems.
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Thunderbird
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a family selfie with everyone looking...it's amazing!
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We headed out to dinner and then it was off to bed and then a long day of travel on Saturday. Cheers to vacations!