Home now, but I still have trouble grokking the size of Vancouver. I guess when I visited as a child I just thought of it as a slightly larger version of Portland. But oh boy that skyline, those burbs and the apartment blocks EVERYWHERE. That is some dense living but in a really comfortable package. Everyone seemed to be walkiing a dog or riding a bike (when they weren't cutting us off in traffic with the pass-agg honkhonk/wave combo).
Saturday surprised us with some sunshine so we visited Stanley Park. Again: So Big.
Update! Natalie just pointed out that Portland and Vancouver are just about the same population (500-600k). However, Vancouver packs those people into one-third the space of Portland (44.4 vs 145 sq/mi).
Looking south at downtown
Looking north at West and North Vancouver
Ducks and glowing buildings
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