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The path is finally open by Science World in False Creek!

https://vancouver.ca/news-calendar/new-seawall-path-by-science-world-now-open-may-2025.aspx

#ScienceWorld #seawall #vancouver #FalseCreek

The path is finally open by Science World in False Creek!

https://vancouver.ca/news-calendar/new-seawall-path-by-science-world-now-open-may-2025.aspx

A Very Porter Easter in Vancouver

We have a long-running tradition of celebrating Easter with my sister and her kids. The kiddos are similar aged and the Easter Bunny always gives them an awesome egg hunt with clues and riddles.

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Normally, my sister hosts us in Kamloops, but this year both of my sisters traveled to Vancouver. With my dad already living in Vancouver, it was basically a full family reunion, and the the first time that my whole family has gathered in Vancouver. That put the pressure on to cram as much as possible into 4 days. Everyone was keen to spend time together, but also checkout the Vancouver tourist sights. We were lucky it was sunny all weekend and the cherry blossoms were in full bloom – peak Vancouver spring weather.

Easter Egg Hunt

The main event of the weekend was the Easter Egg Hunt, and the Easter Bunny spent hours getting everything ready.

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The kids had to find 12 eggs each, hidden around our house with clues to guide them.

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It took them an hour to find every egg and decode the puzzle at the end, which lead them to the grand prize – 3 baskets full of bunnies, chocolates, and troll dolls. I was proud of them for reading all the clues and solving the puzzle on their own. But with the kids showing off their smarts, the Easter Bunny might have to up the difficulty level next year.

Vancouver Tourist Attractions

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The most requested tourist attraction my family wanted to visit was the Vancouver Aquarium. The kids loved watching the sea otters and seals.

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We also took the kids to Science World, where they spent hours with all the interactive exhibits.

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Taking public transit was a novelty for the Kamloops kids. They had a blast sitting in the SkyTrain driver’s seat and surfing on a busy bus. I’m sure the adults were wondering why we didn’t just drive, but I was happy to indoctrinate the kids to my new urbanist ideology. 😂

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We also continued the multi-model adventure with a ride on the False Creek Ferries.

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To make the most of the great weather, we showed my family some of the cooler parts of Vancouver – with a picnic at Trout Lake, a wander around the Olympic Village, and time spent exploring the seawall around Second Beach.

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Family Baseball Game

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The only tragedy of the weekend was Kerry destroying her knee and tearing her MCL in the first (and probably last) All-Porter Baseball Game.

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She spent the rest of the weekend hobbling around on crutches and in a wheelchair, which limited all the exploring she had planned. Impressively, she remained pretty positive in the face of a tragic accident and still made the most of her trip. I hope she has a speedy recovery. And next time she visits, I promise no baseball.

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By the end of the weekend, Astrid was an exhausted, grumpy mess, and Emily and I were ready for a quiet night alone. It was a lot to squeeze into 4 days, but we loved having everyone visit us.

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More photos from the Easter long weekend.

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#Easter #easterEggHunt #familyReunion #OlympicVillage #ScienceWorld #TroutLake #VancouverAquarium

3 kids get ready for the easter egg hunt

on Friday I took half a day of work to volunteer and help take the children of the public school of the neighbourhood to the children's museum of science. 5 groups of 4th grade (born in 2015) about 100 children on the subway... every adult watching 4... on the way back the kids sleeping on the subway... how different it was each of the 4 that I took care of...
#ScienceWorld #Vancouver #BritishColumbia #Canada

A line of kids getting out of their classroom

Kids and an adult around the, and holding from the tube in the metro

A line of kids walking on the sidewalk towards the Science Museum

A line of kids waiting to go inside the museum

Busy stretch of False Creek waterfront closed indefinitely after cracks found
The section in question, between Science World and the Olympic Village, is actually a deck structure built on pilings above False Creek.
#infrastructure #accident #damage #FalseCreek #ScienceWorld #OlympicVillage
https://globalnews.ca/news/11005215/expo-deck-closed-vancouver/

Couple photos from False Creek, Vancouver!

First is the BC Place stadium; second is the iconic Science World geodesic sphere (which was originally built for the Expo '86 world's fair, and now houses the Science World OmniMax Theatre).

Camera: Fujifilm X-S10 with 18mm-55mm zoom lens
Editing: Adobe Lightroom

#VancouverCanada #ScienceWorld #UrbanPhotography #Canada #Fujifilm #Photography

A photo of a large stadium lit up with pink glowing light, shot in the evening with clouds visible in the sky and purple-reflecting water in the foreground

A photo of a building with a spherical top section lit up with blue lights, with dramatic grey clouds visible in the sky above, and reflections in the water below.

Yesterday while leaving downtown Vancouver after work, the sun and the clouds were creating magic. Blues and Purples and Oranges... and human lights... It doesn't matter how bad a work day was, turn around to search for beauty

#photography #sunset #vancouver #scienceworld #clouds

The Science World, a spherical building, a kid's science museum, during the sunset, with multicoloured clouds and skies

A two lane street with office buildings on both sides, during the sunset, with reflections of the purple colours in the windows

A semi-circular building with a purple sky background, and a traffic light and lamp post in the foreground

False Creek

#yvr #vancouver #skyline #urbanphotography #scienceworld

Inside is a world of science

#ScienceWorld #Vancouver

A geodesic dome at night with yellow lights. It is reflected in the water in the foreground. There are other buildings in the background and to the right.

y una #fotografía para acompañar el video, el #ScienceWorld, el museo de ciencia para niños detrás de neblina

El museo de ciencia para niños detrás de la niebla

and a companion #photo of the #ScienceWorld behind the mist

The science kids museum: The Science World behind the mist

blue sky days

#ScienceWorld, a children's science museum... a legacy of the 1986 World Expo... same as the first line of the metro .. the #SkyTrain expo line in #Vancouver

Took in an exhibit at Science World in Vancouver called Dream Tomorrow Today. Definitely geared more towards young children than adults but had a surprising Solarpunk bend to it in mentioning community gardens as a way of supplying community food, and as a pillar of resilience in the aftermath of a disaster. Was pleasant to see that angle, not just the whiz-bang of accelerating technology.

#ScienceWorld #SolarPunk #YVR