Labour Day Long Weekend: Taiwanfest 2019 in Vancouver

By Celine -
It's a beautiful cloudy Sunday, and it's a long weekend, so we have no work tomorrow (Yay!).

Morning

Our Sunday morning routine includes a quick breakfast at Tim Hortons and walking to St. Augustine's Church for Mass.

Maple Oatmeal and Single Single for Breakfast

Today is unique because instead of going home right away, we walked across Burrard Bridge to Downtown Vancouver to join the Taiwanfest festivities and enjoy yummy food.

Beautiful View from the Burrard Bridge facing English Bay

Taiwanfest 2019

We walked along Granville Street from Robson to Dunsmuir to check each booth and learn more about Taiwan.





We were also just in time for this performance:


After that, we went in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery, where the food stalls and the main stage are located. We purchased noodles for Jomar (because he couldn't eat solid food yet), and I got Taiwanese fried chicken.




Vancouver Public Library

After a food coma lunch, we went to the library and discovered that there's a section of the rooftop open called Phillips, Hager and North Garden.


We spent an hour at the library before taking Bus 17 to Marine Drive to watch Angry Birds 2. It was a great day to unwind and relax in beautiful Vancouver.

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