DAY 3 IN VANCOUVER: WALKING THE COASTLINE - 11 KM !
There is so much to see and discover here, so we continued to go new places today. We wanted to greet their local "Little Mermaid" at the entrance to the harbour ( see previous photo and comment ). She was donated to the city in 1972 in connection with an upgrade of Vancouver's image.
Not far from her we were studying an old gun, which since the 18th century and still today is firing a loud shot at 9 pm every night. In the old days it was a way to make people aware of the exact hour. While discussing that between us a nice gentleman said in Danish: Nå, er det sådan, det hænger sammen! What a surprise! Nice guy. Let's call him Carl Bay - the name I always give men I do not know! He and his wife were on their way on a cruise to ..... Sydney. Like us. But with Norwegian from here. And lasting 40 days (ours will be 23). They should also visit French Polynesia. The world is small. And always be careful what you say, also in Danish, wherever you are. Imagine that we had said in Danish: What a bum, that guy!
Most of the other nice people we met on our walk were Asiatic. Sometimes Vancouver is called HongCouver, because most of the Chinese people here came out of Hongkong.
We also visited a small park with Totem Poles. Very nice and impressive. Made by the Indians here during centuries. They tell stories about families, life in the village, life and death, culture, and much more. They are all different. There are still about 200.000 Indians living here in British Columbia. Split up in 198 clans - with 30 different languages. As mentioned before they are called First Nations here. And their life and rights have fortunately been improved considerable over the years.
Talking about the Indians: Where does the name Canada come from ? From the Indians, of course. Ka-na-da means village or settlement. Once I thought it came from the Jutland dialect, where I come from: Ja, det kan A da! Our Jutlandish version of Obama's Yes we can! :-)
Not far from her we were studying an old gun, which since the 18th century and still today is firing a loud shot at 9 pm every night. In the old days it was a way to make people aware of the exact hour. While discussing that between us a nice gentleman said in Danish: Nå, er det sådan, det hænger sammen! What a surprise! Nice guy. Let's call him Carl Bay - the name I always give men I do not know! He and his wife were on their way on a cruise to ..... Sydney. Like us. But with Norwegian from here. And lasting 40 days (ours will be 23). They should also visit French Polynesia. The world is small. And always be careful what you say, also in Danish, wherever you are. Imagine that we had said in Danish: What a bum, that guy!
Most of the other nice people we met on our walk were Asiatic. Sometimes Vancouver is called HongCouver, because most of the Chinese people here came out of Hongkong.
We also visited a small park with Totem Poles. Very nice and impressive. Made by the Indians here during centuries. They tell stories about families, life in the village, life and death, culture, and much more. They are all different. There are still about 200.000 Indians living here in British Columbia. Split up in 198 clans - with 30 different languages. As mentioned before they are called First Nations here. And their life and rights have fortunately been improved considerable over the years.
Talking about the Indians: Where does the name Canada come from ? From the Indians, of course. Ka-na-da means village or settlement. Once I thought it came from the Jutland dialect, where I come from: Ja, det kan A da! Our Jutlandish version of Obama's Yes we can! :-)
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