Summer evenings in Vancouver

It's the first day of the holidays! I stayed in bed until 12 watching the track cycling on the tiny screen of my phone!

After doing the shopping at Donald'son Hastings Street I finally made it to The Smokehouse on Commercial Drive. We've been meaning to go ever since we had rhubarb crumble ice cream from a stall at the Italian Day celebrations. I bought a very expensive pint* of 'Roasted Banana' ice cream. I think we may have found the best ice cream in the world!

In the evening I met Andy at the outdoor pool in Kits (Kitsilano!), we swam a few lengths with the sun in our eyes. Feeling like we'd earned more than just salad for tea, Andy stopped off at our closest pizza place and came home with the largest pizza I've ever seen! We followed it with banana ice cream!

We've got to get our strength up for the weekend, we've 3 days of kayaking planned in the Gulf Islands.





*Totally jusifable given we cycle everywhere so we're saving loads on transit tickets, and with alcohol so expensive here we hardly drink!