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| "Hotel" (Richmond)
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| The hotel (actually residential house) where we stayed for a few days.
| Its neighborhood.
| A video of our room. "Very very clean." Hardwood floors.
Recorded the previous day.
| The fancy chandelier in our room.
Taken the previous day.
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| Breakfast
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| A tea egg (hard-boiled egg stewed in tea).
| Leftover pan au chocolat from the bakery Le Panier at Seattle's Pike
Place market. It survived the night as well as could be expected.
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| Granville Island (Vancouver)
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| Granville
Island's entrance, under a bridge.
| One aisle in Granville Island's public market. Lots of meat.
| Another aisle. Lots of fruit.
| More fruit. Excellent for its lively colors. And look how tall
the towers of cherries are.
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| Many bagels, from Siegel's Bagels.
| Oh my, look at all the cured meats (from Oyama).
If you view the
full-sized image, you can read the labels.
| More of Oyama's meats. If you look closely, you can spot the "special of
the house" duck prosciutto, which I bought some of.
| Terra Breads, Granville Island's answer to San Francisco's Acme.
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| Very good red snapper chowder and focaccia from The Stock Pot. The
chowder was like a bisque made from fish, lime, cilantro, and chipotle.
The focaccia was warm and not too salty, better than most focaccia
I've had.
| Rosemary salt bagel from Siegel's Bagels.
| Duck prosciutto from Oyama. It melted in my mouth.
| Smoked salmon.
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| Salmon jerky.
| Poppy seed hamantaschen. It was cake-y and big, with the filling only in
the center. I'd describe the filling as "nut butter" or an earthy cross
between seeds and nuts.
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| Model Train and Ships Museum (Granville Island)
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| U.S.S. Constitution, the first sight in the Model Train and Ships Museum.
| The plaque describing the previous model.
| One model train layout.
| The fuzzy label attached to the previous diorama.
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| One case (of many) with model trains.
| The museum has some vaguely interesting plaques such as this one,
describing the history of particular model train companies.
I think this plaque goes with the trains in the previous picture.
| Another large layout.
| And another.
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| Details about the previous layout that help put it in context.
| Many model train cars.
| A map of the focal point of the museum: a large model train layout.
| A description of the trees in this layout and how they were made.
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| A plaque that mentions a few animals are hidden in this layout. I found them all. :)
| Part of the layout.
| Tunnels through one part of the mountain.
| Bridges.
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