We met the Blue Line trolley and took it to Granville Island. What a fun place - lots of shops, a fabulous public market and a row of artisans crafting their goods. We wandered around for awhile and then stopped to hear another of the jazz bands that were part of the Jazz Festival. We sat outside (the rain had subsided) and people watched, enjoying the music. Lunch came from one of the food stalls in the public market and, after watching one of the street performers, we took a water taxi across False Creek to Yaletown, where we caught another trolley. Riding that to Canada Place, we explored that area, which was built for the 1986 Expo. It is now a Convention Center and also the cruise ship terminal. We then headed down Burrard St., stopped at Christ Church Cathedral to take a look around and ended up at St. Andrew's Wesley Church.
We had seen their Jazz Vespers service mentioned in the Jazz Festival brochure, so that we'd check it out. They actually have it every Sunday afternoon in the summer and we really enjoyed it - today's performance was the "Gospel Giants". The pastor had a short sermon and said some prayers. A good thing to do on a Sunday afternoon. When we came out - there was actually some blue sky with some sun peaking through, which was a nice treat! We decided to have an early dinner, so stopped at Earl's on Robson St., about 5 blocks from the hotel. Very delicious! Then we walked back to the hotel and got ready for our early morning flight home.
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