Vancouver, Day 12: Chimney Cake, Getting Lost in Stanley Park, and More

Alex, Maria and I went to Slickity Jim's again for breakfast.  After that, I left for the hostel.

The first night at the hostel was disappointing.  It was huge, more like a hotel than a hostel.  Thus, there were very few people who wanted or had the time to chat.  A lot of people were downright rude.  Two exceptions were two people from Austria, but they had to leave for Seattle that day, so we didn't talk much.

A few blocks from the hostel was a Romanian bakery.  Maria is Romanian, and had mentioned chimney cake, a sweet pastry of enormous proportions shaped into a helix.  Alas, they had them!  I ordered one and took it back to the hostel.

I did get lost in Stanley Park that day.  It was fun, but also scary.  In some places, Stanley Park becomes a labyrinth of thick foliage; those are the scary parts.  In other places, there are huge lawns, with walkways and bridges over ponds.  Swans and geese are a common sight there, and they're not afraid to walk right up to people.

Eventually, I walked back to the hostel and went to bed.