Oh Canada!

Four more days before I head up north to Vancouver, Canada. The itinerary has not yet been finalized. We don't intend to purchase a Smartvisit card due to time restraints. Since we can always go back there anytime, only some of the major historical landmarks will be prioritized:



The Lookout (Vancouver's answer to Seattle's Space Needle)
Gastown (known for its Steam clock, cobblestone street)
Chinatown (We can't get enough of the F4 err.. Asian fever)
Stanley Park (not really a fan of national parks but oh well)
Robson Street (must feed my shopoholic habit - kidding!)
Fraser Street ("Little Philippines" of Vancouver)


Tentative:

crossing Lion's Gate

Grouse Mountain
Capilano Bridge

With regards to our Filipino culinary adventure, I'm torn among these three restaurants:


Goldilocks
Sandy's (Daza) Cuisine
Rekados


What do you think? Help!


Our hotel:

Renaissance Vancouver Hotel Harborside
(booked for 3days/2nights)


Mode of transportation:

Car. Approximately 2hrs, 30min drive from Kirkland. Actually I've already booked/paid our airfare*:






but Ryan will not receive his passport in time (read Passport Horror stories) for our spur-of-the-moment trip. As you all know, US Citizens flying to Canada are required to have a U.S passport.


*The airfare tickets were purchased in priceline (no refunds, not transferrable..yikes!).




Special event:

July 1 = Canada Day and Ryan's 25th birthday






Related Entry:

My trip to Victoria, British Columbia
(video) (pic in Butchart Garden)