After the conference I opted to stay in Vancouver and look around for the weekend. I had to switch hotels so moved to the Empire Landmark at the north-west end of Robson street. I quite enjoyed this neighborhood, it was close enough to downtown and next to a large Korean community. The Empire Landmark feels like an old hotel; from the details in the rooms to the structure of the building, including the revolving rooftop restaurant. It was a lovely stay regardless and the views both from the room and the rooftop were awesome.
On Saturday I popped over to Mountain Equipment Co-op on West Broadway to get some West Coast gear. I then walked back downtown through Granville Island. Granville Island is a small island between downtown Vancouver and mainland Vancouver which houses a number of farmers markets, restaurants, marina, Emily Carr University, a brewery and tons of parkland.
At the end of the day, I enjoyed a cold beer at the top of the Empire Landmark as the sun set on a gorgeous day in Vancouver 
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- Panorama from my hotel looking out on English Bay
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- From Granville Island
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- City view from Granville Island
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- City ferry at Granville Island
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- Awesome houseboats on Granville Island
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- Wouldnt mind living on these houseboats
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- Emily Carr University
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- Fresh Spot Prawns!
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- Granville Farmers Market
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- Raviolis
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- Cheese
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- Cured meats
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- Taking the city ferry from Granville to Vancouver
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- Ocean gas station
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- From the rotating restaurant at the top of the Empire Landmark
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- View from the top of the Empire Landmark
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- Sunset from the Empire Landmark
The Exploring Vancouver Day One: Granville Island and Downtown by Michael Paskevicius, unless otherwise expressly stated, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
