We were invited for dinner at Dave and Carol's in Delta last night and Linda and Cec very kindly picked us up from the King George Skytrain station so did the transit thing....so much better than driving and we always feel like we're in Europe when we take Skytrain. Wonderful food and loads of laughs...thank you so much, Dave and Carol, for being perfect hosts. Linda regaled us with her "Let's make a Deal" experience from years ago and her daughter got her tickets for an upcoming show in Sept. Can't wait to hear about that and how the pig costume works out!
By the time we got home it was after 1 AM...now, I don't think we've been out that late in downtown Vancouver since we were in our 20's. We keep learning things with the transit system. Correct change on the bus means "change" not bills. These bus drivers are great, though, just told us to pay when we got to Skytrain. They're really helpful in giving people information and making the whole process easier. Also, on Friday, Sat, and Sun. after 9pm, buses are rerouted from Granville (Skytrain station where we get off to get our bus) to Howe Street. Good thing Jim read the sign or we still might be there!
Also noticed quite a lot of security on Skytrain that late at night and our bus to get home had a security person on it. We asked him about the rerouting off Granville and he said it was to keep everyone safe on Granville since that's the "entertainment district" and people pour out from the bars, etc. Guess keeping the tipsy pedestrians safe and also the innocents waiting for a bus. I think transit can get a bit wild later on but we encountered only well behaved, mainly young people, on Skytrain and the bus.
