08/03/2026
First full day Vancouver. Arrived late yesterday afternoon..early dinner at Water St Cafe. Great recommendation - thank you Katie Gibbons. Today started out rainy but cleared up in the afternoon. Breakfast at Palate kitchen. Rented bikes at Spoke and took the 7 mile bike trail around Stanley Park. Our first time on electric bikes.. Kind of felt like cheating on real exercise. Still an amazing ride. The bike trail ran parallel with walking trail. What a great trail and layout! The park was incredible! Beautiful, clean with tons of green space, lots of people, all ages having picnics, laying out, hanging out. Great views all along the sea wall. Closer to our hotel, we kept noticing people in costumes…apparently the “Anime revolution” Vancouver’s largest and fastest growing Anime convention is happening at the convention center, which is directly across from our hotel. We had to google anime and cosplay. 🤔
Tonight we met up with our Tauck group for reception and dinner at our hotel. Over the next 8 days we will travel with this group from Vancouver to Calgary; starting on the Rocky Mountaineer and then to Jasper National Park, Lake Louise and Banff There are about 40 travelers total in our group
