The view from the “Caldera” — the top of an extinct volcano in Vancouver, now called Queen Elizabeth Park. This springtime shot was surprisingly devoid of wandering newlyweds, tourists, photographers, and other locals. Oh, to have the promise of yellows, reds, blues, purples, oranges, whites, and pinks to look forward to!
This was a blog post written for unclespikes.wordpress.com, and my inaugural (ha! I was just hoping to work this word in somewhere) invitation to be a guest writer on a fellow blogger’s site. You may also read it here.
I call Vancouver (49.2500° N, 123.1000° W), the host city of both the 2010 Winter Olympics and the 1986 World Exposition, home. The latter left us with the legacy of the silver golf ball called Science World, and the reputation of being one of the most enviable places in the world to live. Downtown Vancouver, the core business district, sports a plethora of Manhattan-like skyscrapers (hence one of our nicknames, “City of Glass”)–and, at a height of 659 ft, the 6-year-old, 62-storey Living Shangri-La1 is currently the tallest tower in the province.
our souvenir from Expo ’86: Vancouver Science World (photo credit: David Mark / PixaBay)
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