Vancouver 2014 Day 2

Yesterday was an odd day. The early morning was filled with jetlag troubled sleep stolen between the sentences of an audiobook. Then the slow journey to find breakfast began with fumbling fingers and a lazy search for directions.

Things picked up as we started our journey down a nearby street. Hopping on and off the bus we managed to pick up everything we needed, the highlights included something to sit on for our picnic, a copy of Outlander to read before the show starts, and lots and lots of glorious food.

I wish I had taken photos of the market. Produce lined the sidewalk out front and inside was packed with everything a food lover could want. Usually stores contain aisles of processed food with a small natural, health food section; here it was the opposite. Needless to say our mini fridge is packed with produce and all the fixings for real meals.

Lunch was a treat. A nice salad with a burger on the side which, coincidentally, turned out to be dinner as well since we headed over to Moderne Burger in Kits for dinner. It's a cute little dinner with decent burgers for a decent price, although I may still be biased by my recent affair with Shake Shack in New York.

After dinner, we headed over to Richmond for the Night Market. We spent a couple of hours wandering around, drooling over the amazing food and picking up some real steals from the vendors.

Headed back after, we wandered around downtown for a couple minutes stopping into 7-Eleven for more FareSaver passes and Tim Hortons while waiting for the bus.

Back at the suite, life looked a lot like it did last night, a quick bit of picking up and then faceplanting in bed.

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