TGIF (Thanks God It’s Food Paradise)

If you are in Vancouver, you have to go to Granville Island. Especially if you are tired of crowds, and bored with your daily routine. Now it is time to wake up! Open your eyes and take a deep breath. It is time for take a new trip. Granville Island is famous for its Public Market. You can see unique shops that are hard to find downtown Vancouver there, such as extrahordinary 100 percent hand made accesories, special hats, and unique designed souveniours. Enjoy cuisine, and you can up perfect, fresh, and sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet vegetable and fruits there.


How to get there

There are two ways to go Granville Island from downtown Vancouver.

1. Walk. You can walk to Granville Street Bridge that goes over Granville Island.
2. Take the bus
3. Water Taxi

Eat
If you are an ESL (English as a Second Language) student, you may be sick and tired of ordinary hamburgers that you can buy at McDonald’s, A&W, and Burger King. When you enter the public market, you can see many restaurants and good smells that stimulate your appetite. You can choose whatever you want to try, and most of the prices are under $10.

ESL Student in Wonderland
There are so many shops for window shopping at Granville Island. There are not only extraordinary shops where you can buy souvenirs such as crafts, dolls and jewelry, but also there is a big kids market, so if you have kids there is the perfect place to buy presents for them. On Granville Island there is really famous for its Public Market so you can buy fresh, sweet and cheap vegetables and fruits there. The fruits that sold in Public Market look so beautiful, as if they are just made for display. There are many galleries that you can see many artistic things. Furthermore there is one big fine arts college there. The university’s name is Emily Carr. You can visit BC’s best fine art university when you visit Granville Island. Also there are theaters to see excellent plays. If you have enough money try to do whale watching or enjoy boat rental.

So after you visit Granville Island please let me know what your favorite activity is.