We learned a great deal of the different native tribes that comprise the First Nations. We also saw the Hiroshima exhibit of photographs by Ishiuchi Miyako of clothing and accessories left behind by the victims.
The museum not only contains artifacts from the First Nations, but it also has an impressive collection of objects from all over the world. They even have a searchable database of these collections.
We spent the early half of the day at the museum and decided to return back to downtown Vancouver to continue our eating quest.
We were drawn by the diversity of food on Denman Street, so we ate a second lunch at Damso, a Korean restaurant. I ordered the Very Very Vegetarian Bimbimbap.
After our meal, we took the same walking loop we did on our first day in Vancouver but made a detour through Stanley Park. We had room in our bellies for more food, so we stopped at La Belle Patate for Poutine. La Belle Patate was the only poutine restaurant that offered a vegetarian gravy.
Andy enjoyed the french fries topped with gravy, cheese curd, and peas, but I can't say it was my favorite thing to eat.
Thursday was our last full day in Vancouver, and we had to depart our awesome AirBnB condo, since we had only booked it for four nights. I used my Marriott Rewards points to book a room at the Marriott Pinnacle Downtown. Luckily we didn't have to go too far and just put our packs on and walk a few blocks to get there. The room wasn't ready, so we left our bags at the front desk and had a soy latte at Caffe Artigiano (which came highly recommended by Lili).
For lunch, we had read great reviews of a restaurant on Robson Street called Chongqing that specialized in Szechuan cuisine, so we popped in there for a bite. I got a vegetarian Hot and Sour Soup and Green Beans in Black Bean Sauce. Writing about the green beans makes my mouth water still. They were so tender and perfectly cooked.
We did a little shopping on Robson Street to work up our appetite for dinner. This time finding a place was a little tricky especially if you're a Yelp user like we are. Vancouver has a few places with 4.5 stars and a ton of 4 star restaurants. It seemed like we had visited all the 4.5 star restaurants that were within walking distance and our budget. Also, because we were visiting in the lowest of the low season, some restaurants were closed. We settled on Aki Sushi in the West End, since it was only a few blocks away from our hotel.
We tucked in early at the hotel because we had to catch a very early morning train to Portland the next day.
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