Archive for February, 2010

TheseBoots Recommends: Free Vancouver walking tours with TourGuys

Ok, so I haven’t actually done a free walking tour with Vancouver’s Tour Guys, but I’m recommending their services just on principle: the world’s on our doorstep for the Olympics, the highways and byways are a teeny bit crowded, and the least stressful way to explore the city right now is on foot.
If you haven’t done [...]

TheseBoots Recommends: Vancouver’s Top 5 public transit sight-seeing tours

Talk about glowing hearts–I just came through downtown Vancouver on a bus and if you could bottle the city’s buzz right now, you’d make a million overnight.
With these sorts of crowds, public transit is the only way to get around the roads during the 2010 Winter Games.
I just did a post about Vancouver’s “Top 5 [...]

Top 10 Vancouver viewpoints

Since “where can we get a great view of Vancouver?” seems to be a frequent question from the international journalists in town for the upcoming 2010 Winter Games, I did a round-up of my Top 10 places to scope the city over at the Inside Vancouver blog.
Feel free to add your own recommendations!

A new Canadian anthem just in time for our Games?

And they say no one’s excited about the 2010 Olympics.
I just got back from Whistler where things are ramping up like crazy. Steve Podborski was bringing the torch down the mountain and you could feel the electricity in the air.
This little video by Classified–someone sent me the link via Twitter–says it all: Oh Canada. Go [...]