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From: Charles on 13 Jul 2010 05:37 In article <4c3b99fa$0$4993$607ed4bc(a)cv.net>, Tom K <tkanitra(a)optonline.net> wrote: > On 7/12/10 3:56 PM, John Sisker wrote: > > "Tom K" <tkanitra(a)optonline.net> wrote in message > > news:4c38fa65$0$31276$607ed4bc(a)cv.net... > >> On 7/10/10 6:15 PM, John Sisker wrote: > >> > >>> All in all, what did you like best about your cruise? I would assume > >>> that Vancouver was your home port. Do anything exciting there? That's > >>> one of our favorite City's by the way. > >>> > >>> Smooth sailing to all... > >>> John Sisker > >>> > >> > >> We have 3 days in Vancouver prior to the cruise. What things are "must > >> see's" in Vancouver? > >> > >> --Tom > > > > > > Hi again Tom, > > > > You have now received a lot of good advice in regard to your Vancouver > > question. We even added in our 2-cents as well. However, of late, while > > well meaning for sure, here is another perspective about your time in > > Vancouver. Vancouver itself is one beautiful and very clean city, so as > > a suggestion, don't be so quick to go somewhere else as many seem to be > > suggesting. While many of these other location are nice, and have plenty > > to offer in itself, my suggestion would be to do what you can while in > > Vancouver first. After you feel to did and saw everything you wanted, > > only then do you want to venture out and see all these other locations. > > > > Smooth sailing to all... > > John Sisker > > > > > > Worst comes to worse... we can just wander the streets for 3 days > searching out new pubs... and see what places (museums, galleries, > churches, gardens, shops, etc.) we find along the away... > > --Tom It is three days on paper but since we will be flying in on Sunday morning that leaves Sunday afternoon and evening, Monday and Tuesday. Then embarking on the ship Wednesday morning. I would like to see Victoria as some have suggested but I am hesitant because that would take one whole day. We could wing it and decide after we get to Vancouver and have seen some of it.... which from the quoted text is what John is suggesting. At that... it does not seem reasonable for me to leave John blocked so I am unblocking him. -- Charles
From: Tom K on 13 Jul 2010 12:21 On 7/13/10 5:37 AM, Charles wrote: > > It is three days on paper but since we will be flying in on Sunday > morning that leaves Sunday afternoon and evening, Monday and Tuesday. > Then embarking on the ship Wednesday morning. I would like to see > Victoria as some have suggested but I am hesitant because that would > take one whole day. We could wing it and decide after we get to > Vancouver and have seen some of it.... which from the quoted text is > what John is suggesting. Maybe a logical plan... let's leave Victoria for the third day, and if we find we've hit enough of Vancouver by then, we do Victoria, but if we find we didn't see enough, we can opt out... --Tom
From: John Sisker on 14 Jul 2010 02:18 "Tom K" <tkanitra(a)optonline.net> wrote in message news:4c3c92a0$0$5000$607ed4bc(a)cv.net... > On 7/13/10 5:37 AM, Charles wrote: > >> >> It is three days on paper but since we will be flying in on Sunday >> morning that leaves Sunday afternoon and evening, Monday and Tuesday. >> Then embarking on the ship Wednesday morning. I would like to see >> Victoria as some have suggested but I am hesitant because that would >> take one whole day. We could wing it and decide after we get to >> Vancouver and have seen some of it.... which from the quoted text is >> what John is suggesting. > > Maybe a logical plan... let's leave Victoria for the third day, and if we > find we've hit enough of Vancouver by then, we do Victoria, but if we find > we didn't see enough, we can opt out... > > --Tom Tom, Ironically, before we even got to visit Vancouver for the very first time, whenever we mentioned that we were sailing from Vancouver to just about anyone, they would always tell us to go to Victoria. This became such a standard dialogue from both family and friends, that on our very first visit to Vancouver, we were a bit disappointed that we did not have the time to go over to Vancouver Island, and Victoria. Imagine how excited we were when on our last cruise from Vancouver, Victoria was actually one of our ports of call. Of course, our next dilemma was, should we plan on a visit to Butchard Gardens while in Victoria or not, which again, was a suggestion from many others. But, since we did get to see Queen Elizabeth Park/Gardens on our first trip to Vancouver, we figured we would opt for something else. Besides, back home in Southern California, we have many other similar gardens, some of which we have already visited. As it turned out, we took a city tour of Victoria, since this would be out first time there, and would give us a good overview of the City itself. However, the real highlight of our time in Victoria was actually the time we spend around the Parliament buildings. We found this to be the most interesting and picturesque. Next month, we will sail from Vancouver again; actually flying up two days early so we can explore more of the City itself. We have no plans to go to Victoria again, we've seen it, and that was enough for us. Therefore, it is still our suggestion, see what you can while in Vancouver first, then venture out to all the other places the others have suggested as time permits. Yet, of all the suggestions, you almost end up feeling that with all the talk, there will come a time that you just have to go over to Victoria anyway; at least to say you're been there - at least once. Smooth sailing to all... John Sisker
From: Charles on 14 Jul 2010 05:23 In article <HIqdnS7q8b9Vy6DRnZ2dnUVZ_oCdnZ2d(a)earthlink.com>, John Sisker <jsisker(a)sprynet.com> wrote: > Yet, of all the suggestions, you almost end up feeling that with > all the talk, there will come a time that you just have to go over to > Victoria anyway; at least to say you're been there - at least once. From what I have been reading the best time to visit Butchart Gardens is on a Saturday night when they do the fireworks display. I love fireworks, more interested in those than in flowers, so I think I would rather save my visit to Victoria/Butchart Gardens for some other time since Saturday evening won't be possible this trip. -- Charles
From: Tom K on 14 Jul 2010 07:27
On 7/14/10 5:23 AM, Charles wrote: > In article<HIqdnS7q8b9Vy6DRnZ2dnUVZ_oCdnZ2d(a)earthlink.com>, John > Sisker<jsisker(a)sprynet.com> wrote: > >> Yet, of all the suggestions, you almost end up feeling that with >> all the talk, there will come a time that you just have to go over to >> Victoria anyway; at least to say you're been there - at least once. > > From what I have been reading the best time to visit Butchart Gardens > is on a Saturday night when they do the fireworks display. I love > fireworks, more interested in those than in flowers, so I think I would > rather save my visit to Victoria/Butchart Gardens for some other time > since Saturday evening won't be possible this trip. > I wouldn't mind taking the ferry ride over even if we just stayed a little while... just for the ferry ride. Especially if we have a nice sunny day... I imagine the ride on the water would be wonderful. --Tom |