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Vancouver what can we say? A travel guide book describes Vancouver as ‘the sort of town nearly everyone would want to live in’ and has been ranked in the top three best cities in the world. The weather is not fantastic; it rains here and then rains some more, although in fairness we haven’t experienced too much whilst we have been here. But it is the environment itself that makes Vancouver feel special; set between ocean and mountain, the city is scenically unrivalled, the waters of the Pacific surrounding the downtown core, the peaks of the Coast Mountains rearing majestically in the near distance. What feels so unusual to us is the fact that wilderness is just a short bus ride away from the hustle and bustle of the modern city centre. We have the opportunity to ski, sail, sunbathe (Vancouver even has beaches), hike, dive, whale-watch and much more, all within a few minutes of the city centre. We didn’t have all of these activities available to us in Colchester! One of our favourite places to go is Granville Island, a large public market that can be accessed via Aquabus and well worth the visit when needing any amount of fresh food from maple syrup to lobster.