We did a late checkout at the hotel, and eventually stored our bags with the hotel and headed out. There was a bus stop nearby that would take us to another nearby mall, and we had one day left on our bus passes, so why not give it a go?
The mall was actually very large and getting busier as the day moved toward midday. I hadn't mentioned before, but earlier this year Target pulled out of Canada altogether and any mall that had a Target, now has a huge empty store. We can tell them easily because of the red paint inside, and evidence of where the old Target signs have been removed outside (faded bricks, glue in a circle, etc). Anyway this mall had a Target too and they were still dismantling / moving stuff so that confirmed our suspicions.
We had brunch at the foodcourt, before having a wander around and also Dad and I tried these beautiful strawberry smoothies from a store called "Yeh!" as in "yeh it was yummy" I presume.
We headed back nice and early to the hotel, and caught a shuttle with bags in tow, to the airport. After walking forever, we found the checkin counter and queued for ages.
Once we got to the counter, the fun began. You see, originally we were to fly home via San Francisco, except Air Canada cancelled that flight around June this year, so we changed to fly via Vancouver, and then they changed that flight also. Anyhow along the way, only my e-ticket had not been associated with the flight. And did I mention the flight was absolutely full, and they were turning people away at other counters? So we had about 10 nervous minutes before eventually my booking was found, and with it my seat. Phew!
We all ended up sitting "in the middle", jammed in between other people, not the best arrangement for a 5.5 hour flight. I went to the gate and asked nicely if I could get an aisle seat. Eventually my wish came true, yay!
The flight was as expected and we arrived at Vancouver without incident. Arrival time was about 8:30pm but with a 3 hour time difference, that was 11:30pm body clock time. Perfect for going straight to bed. Although we found time to sneak in some McD's first!
After the horrible beds in the last hotel, we had beautiful comfortable beds, with awesome pillows, and we all slept like logs.
We have a day in Vancouver tomorrow before flying out in the evening. Although that probably won't give us an opportunity to venture out too far. So there may not be too much more to report to you all.
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