An Afternoon on the False Creek Seawall in Downtown Vancouver
Vancouverites caught a break from the grey winter rain this past weekend. The sun made a welcome appearance and the temperatures decided to finally warm up. It seems like spring is finally on its way!
In typical West Coast fashion, we jumped at the opportunity to get outside and enjoy the sunshine by the beautiful Vancouver waterfront. We grabbed our camera and headed to the popular False Creek seawall, home to Science World, the Olympic Village, Rogers Arena (Stadium for our Vancouver Canucks), BC Place (currently getting a needed facelift), the trendy Yaletown community, Granville Island Market and hundreds of our closest friends also outside enjoying a walk, run, bike, kayak, canoe or freshly brewed cup of java.
Here are a few photos from yesterday afternoon
Outriggers in False Creek, BC Place in getting a well needed facelift
View of False Creek and Science World from the Cambie Street Bridge
Canoeing in the calm, clear and cold False Creek waters
In the backdrop, a rainbow Aquabus transports people across the inlet
Yaletown, the trendy and densely populated community located on False Creek
The identical Yaletown architecture creates a distinct and unique city skyline
Portrait of Nicole on the False Creek seawall, BC Place in the backdrop
Boats docked at the harbour in Yaletown
David Lam Park in Yaletown, Downtown Vancouver
Rogers Arena in Downtown Vancouver
Home of the Vancouver Canucks
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When was the last time you were a tourist in your hometown?
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Cameron and Nicole Wears are a Canadian couple and newbie parents living in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia. A passion for travel and outdoor adventure has taken them to over 65 countries & territories on 6 continents in the past 7 years. Consider following us via 
I have to laugh at your question! My answer is every day. A little over a year ago I realized that there was no travelling as such in my immediate future, and depressing thought, which made me decide to take a closer look around me, to pretend I was seeing stuff for the first time, and I must say it’s worked well. I’ve discovered new places and things and events, and whilst it hasn’t stopped the feet from itching it’s been a kind of balm to stop the itch from getting out of control!
Where abouts are you living? Sounds like you’re taking full advantage of it!
Love the photos. Vancouver is always fun to visit, I can’t wait to go back in June for TBEX. I often play tourist around my hometown. I too can’t travel very far right now with school, so wandering about Edmonton will have to do.
We have yet to visit Edmonton. Aside from the big mall, is there a lot of stuff to do?
Look forward to catching up at TBEX! =)
The Vancouver waterfront looks beautiful! can’t wait to visit during TBEX ’11. Will you be attending? After coming back to NYC after our RTW trip, I made an effort to start exploring Manhattan as a hometown tourist. Our trip made me appreciate all that my city has to offer. It’s good to be home
Indeed! We felt the same way about returning to Vancouver. We spent the following summer exploring all that British Columbia has to offer (and still only scratched the surface!).
Yes – we will definitely be attending TBEX.
See you then!
As always, great photos guys! Really like the one with the kayakers in front of BC Place. I agree with Leslie in that Van is such a beautiful city and will be a great host for TBEX’11.
To answer your question it’s been a long time since we have been tourists in our home town, since we really haven’t been home. But when we were tramping around South America one of our good friends told us that we would know all these other countries better than we knew our own. So we took it to heart and when we came back to Canada for a short stint for my brother’s wedding we dove into our own backyard. I think because of all our travels abroad it has made us appreciate *home* all the more, we saw things a lot differently.
Thanks Peter! Totally agree with you. We felt the same way. When we’re on the road we often get asked about our home country and sometimes other foreign travelers know more about Canada than we do!
That’s what we love most about traveling, it helps put everything into perspective!
I live in Istanbul darlings, I visit my chosen home town every day!! Vancouver looks great and so do your pictures. Just tell me when it’s warm and I will visit but right now can’t stand another day of cold or rain.
Ah, excellent! Istanbul is a wonderful city, so much historical architecture.
It gets warm in about a month. Best time to visit Vancouver (if you’re not a skier) is late June to early September.
Although I’ve always enjoyed much that the San Francisco Bay Area has to offer, I’ve been exploring some new places in the past few weeks. Later this week, I’m headed to an S.F. museum I’ve never visited before.
Really enjoyed your photos — lovely portrait of Nicole.
Thanks Cathy!
San Fran is definitely one of the most attractive cities in the US. I love the pier(s) and street cars =)
A sunny day – a bloody miracle.
Great photos though the first one is really an outrigger – I used to paddle in one out of False Creek (actually fecal creek is what the dragonboaters call it) and great fun I might add.
Ah, gotcha on the Outriggers. I made the adjustment.
I knew they weren’t kayaks, canoes or rowboats, but didn’t know what else to call them?!
Sadly, the string of good weather can only last for so long
It’s been a while since the last time I was a tourist in my “hometown” here in NY. Mostly because it is damn too cold! lol But now that the weather is getting better, I plan on discovering more things.
Ah, yes… I would imagine being a hometown tourist in NYC is pretty amazing!
absolutely gorgeous!!! you too nicole!
you two are killing me- getting more and more excited about TBEX with every post 
it’s been a while since my last tourist at home excursion- unless you count the trip up to eureka to buy the chinook. gotta get to it!
I’d hate to oversell it, but i think you’re gonna love your time in Vancouver!
I’ve only been to Vancouver once, and I loved it! It is so clean and modern–beautiful buildings, fresh air, lots of foliage. I hope to return someday for sure
How old is the Science World building? I don’t remember seeing that (though it’s been a long time)
It’s pretty old. It was developed for the 1986 Expo in Vancouver (if my history is correct), though its had a few facelifts recently
I love the waterfront in Vancouver, it is beautiful. Every time I’m there, I spend several hours walking and enjoying the views. We’ll be there in August and will head there again. I live in Stuttgart, Germany which is my new “hometown” and I’m much better at exploring it than I was exploring Calgary, although I did a lot of exploring in the mountains, just not so much in the city.