Today for breakfast we wandered down to “Amoko” – a place we’d dropped into to in 2018 (it was under a different name) not long after we’d arrived for our whirlwind 24 hours stay. This time, delicious smashed avo was on the agenda. So good I wolfed it down without even taking a photo.

I also noticed today that the bus awnings are coloured like this…

So they can produce an effect like that on the footpath:

Anyway, we had breakfast on our way to “The Really Gay History Tour”. Unsurprisingly, it’s about Vancouver’s gay history, told during a two hour walk around the streets.

It was an incredibly interesting tour, covering from thousands of years ago to the present day – for example the way many of the indigenous nations around here had words for 3, 4 or even more genders. That’s right, using people’s current pronouns isn’t some new-fangled ‘woke’ thing. Our tour guide talked about som key people in the fight for our rights over the years, it’s time to google ted northe, Dr Peter Jepson Young, and Jim Deva. Our guide also took an unflinching look at the mistakes of the past – where gay men would, sometime violently, keep lesbians out of the gay clubs, as one example. It wasn’t all just winning rights and doing marches, some of the history isn’t pleasant but still important to learn about.

On the lighter side, we saw this important building:

This was the YMCA that inspired the writing of the song. I bet it’s fun to stay there.

Overall, the tour ultimately painted a picture of courage being the catalyst for change – individuals that had the courage to defy the laws of the day to change things for the better. It was well worth doing, and feeling so lucky that the waitlist actually worked out, as the tour was originally full when we tried to book.

Once the tour was done, it was straight to ‘trees’ to get some more of their delicious blended lemonade. Perry had a nap, I went for a small wander down to Burrard bridge. Not the prettiest I guess, but gave a different perspective on English Bay.

Also spotted this interesting fountain/art installation.

For dinner we walked down the street of a thousand restaurants (or at least that’s what it feels like), and ended up back at the delicious ‘Donair Kebab’ place, so sure enough – it was Donair Kebab for dinner. Delicious once again – adding a few pickled vegetables into the kebab really seems to elevate it to another level. Yum!

Tonight was a bit less cloudy than the other evenings we’ve had here, so I got the proper camera out and got a few sunset shots. Didn’t get the shot I was really hoping for, but I included an out-of-focus version below all the same. 🙂

And that’s about it for today. For a day that was forecast to rain all day, we have once again been so lucky with the weather – for the entire trip, really. I’ve probably jinxed it now for our last few days, but let’s see. More tomorrow!