Vancouver & Seattle Itinerary – Fall 2023

  • Day 1 – Vancouver Arrival
    Dinner at 老油條(油炸鬼)
    Richmond Night Market
  • Day 2 – Car Tour
    Breakfast at Flying Beaver
    Gas Town 蒸汽鐘
    Downtown District
    Queen Elizabeth Park
    Richmond
    Aberdeen Center (Radio Station)
    Granville Island – Public Market
    Chinatown
  • Day 3 -Vancouver relax
    Costco shopping
    Lunch at Downtown “Nightingale” with Bill
    Dinner at “Rodney’s Oyster House” with Ingrid
  • Day 1 – Banff
    Plane to Calgary – Calgary Public Library
    Drive to Banff
    Check-in at Banff’s “Peaks Hotel & Suites”
    Dinner at Costco hotdog
  • Day 2 – Banff
    Lake Lorraine
    Morraine Lake
    Dinner at “Chaya” for Ramen
  • Day 3 – Banff / Columbia Icefield
    Banff National Park – Visitor Centre
    “Banff” Sign
    Castle Mountain (passed by)
    Johnston Canyon (did not enter)
    Columbia Icefield / Athabasca Glacier
    Highest Starbucks in Canada
    McDonald’s (100% Canadian Beef!)
  • Day 4 – Banff
    “BeaverTails” Pastry
    Banff Gondola
    Sent postcards
    Melissas Missteak steakhouse – Calgary Beef Ribeye
  • Day 5 – Banff/Vancouver/USA
    Tim Hortons in airport
    麗都 Cha Charn Ting – 菠蘿油、乾炒牛河
    KFC in USA
    Check-in “Staypineapple”
  • Day 1 – Seattle
    Kerry Park
    Pike Market – Pike Place Chowder
    Museum of Flights (Concorde, Air Force 1)
    Dinner with Annie
  • Day 2 – Seattle
    Pike Market – 1st Starbucks, Pike Place Chowder (again)
    Elliott Bay Book Co.
    Molly’s Ice Cream
  • Day 3 – Seattle
    Space Needle
    Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – Discovery Center
    Chihuly Museum
    Dinner at “Danbo Ramen”
  • Day 4 – Seattle
    University of Washington – Bookstore, Suzzallo Library
    Flat tire..random lunch at “Chiang’s Gourmet”
    Dinner with Sally and Eugene
  • Day 5 – Seattle
    Amazon Go, Amazon “The Spheres”
    Microsoft Campus
    IHOP
    Dinner with Sally and Eugene at Kirkland
  • Day 6 – Seattle Car Tour
    All-day breakfast with Sally
    Tableau
    Trolls / Nordic Museum
    Chittenden Locks
    Open Houses – Floating Homes
    Gas Works Park
    Rainier Mountain from Kerry Park
    Dinner with Tiffany and Sally at “Ezell’s Famous Chicken”
  • Day 7 – Seattle
    Seattle Public Library
    Bill Gates Home at Medina
    Panda Express
    Seattle Premium Outlet
    Walmart
    Popeyes
  • Day 8 – Seattle / Vancouver
    Drive from USA to Vancouver
    Lunch at 麗都 Cha Charn Ting – 揚州炒飯、糯米飯、蛋撻
    大統華、玩具反斗城
    False alarm at bad hotel
  • Day 9 – Vancouver back to HK
    Byebye, bought salmon in airport
    (Did not go to English Bay in Vancouver finally)













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