Between all the walking we did yesterday along with the quietness of the hotel, we slept very well last evening. We kept to the same morning routine as we did the day before. Keith awoke first and read and wrote. He also enjoyed coffee and hydrated with water. Shortly after Anne Marie awoke, we walked over to the Club Lounge for breakfast. Similar to the way we eat at home, we kept to a simple breakfast with just some minor differences. Keith often has oatmeal for breakfast with fruit. Although oatmeal was available he had cereal with fruit and Anne Marie did the same. While we were eating we saw dear friend Ileen and we chatted for quite awhile. Ileen will be with us on both the Alaska cruise and the Northwest Passage Cruise. From the window on the lounge we saw the Silver Shadow cruise ship make its way into port. We sailed this ship from San Francisco to Vancouver in August of 2009 which marked our only time on this ship and first of two times we have sailed Silversea. We also spoke with concierge, Joel, who is one of the three concierge's who works at the lounge about visiting Granville Island. He gave us a map of the island and pointed out the various areas to visit and also provided us with additional details about getting to and from the island. After freshening up we took a taxi over to Granville Island for our very first visit. We had the taxi driver drop us of at the market. We walked the inside of the market admiring all of the fruit, vegetables, seafood and baked good items along with other items for sale. From there we walked all around the area which includes stores, restaurants and even a brewery. We then proceeded to the area with two rows of house-boats. From there we walked on the footpath around the Seawall Promenade where we took in beautiful views of the surrounding area. We considered walking all the way into downtown Vancouver but decided to return to the market to walk it one final time. We then took a taxi into the downtown area and had the driver drop us off about a mile from the hotel. From there we walked several streets and then back over to the area where our hotel is located. We got a close-up of the Silversea Shadow. We also walked over to the other side of the terminal and saw Silversea Discoverer which is one of Silversea's expedition ships. After taking a short rest we went back out and took another walk and then went to a restaurant to get salad entrees to take back to our room. After lunch, we took another very long walk. We didn't have a particular destination in mind. The weather was terrific with highs in the low 70's with sunny to partially sunny skies. It was just fun to walk around the downtown area and to gaze at all of the scenery and to just stop from time to time to take it all in. This evening we dined at Kirin which is a Mandarin Restaurant. We were one of the first people who arrived but by the time we left it was almost 100% full. We had a three course meal. We began with wonton soup and we followed that up with spring rolls. We shared two entrees; shrimp with cashews and vegetables and chicken with cashews and vegetables. We thought the food was quite tasty. Our only suggestion would have been to prepare the entrees with far fewer cashews (we only ate some of them) and in lieu of them serve more vegetables such as broccoli. All in all we enjoyed another wonderful day in Vancouver.
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