Weekend Trip to Vancouver

We took a weekend trip to Vancouver B.C. with a couple of our best friends. Last year when I was pregnant with our little guy we took a trip with them to the Olympic Peninsula and a few years ago for our first anniversary we celebrated in Vancouver, so visiting there this past weekend felt pretty special.

All of our lunch and dinner picks happened to be Asian cuisines:

But we did manage to branch out a bit for breakfast:

Our little guy reached his ten month old milestone over the trip! He still takes two naps during the day so we did not have as much time to see sights, but we did make it over to Stanley Park. Originally we had hoped to rent bikes to go around the seawall, but my lower back was bothering me and we weren't sure if we had enough time between naps, so after missing the first parking exit at the park entrance, we found a secret lot on the north side of the park by Prospect Point. There we found tables for us to eat our lunches and a short walk in the sun with our stroller led us to a beautiful lookout point where we got out our camera and snapped a few photos. I love Stanley Park!

We spent the weekend eating great food with great company and really enjoyed our trip. We brought home with us a handful of Wunderbars and a bag of ketchup chips as souvenirs and hope we make it back to Vancouver again someday.

-Mr. D and Mrs. M

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