I forgot to mention this in my last entry, but I went to the volunteer orientation at the Hastings branch of the VPL. I applied for a volunteer position in the Readalong Program and I will be volunteering at the library beginning next Wednesday every Wednesday and Friday until August 13. I'm sure it will be a good personal and career-related experience.
My cousin, Ann, Terry and I went to the newly-opened Storyeum in Gastown this afternoon. After we bought our tickets, we went to visit Zen at Perry's Old Time Studio. She is currently working there for the summer and I didn't know that such a place existed in Vancouver! The studio is one of those places where people can dress up in period costumes and have black and white photos taken of them in the costumes. It's a very neat place.
ERROR MSGWe didn't stay there very long because Zen was busy working and we had to return to the Storyeum for the 2:00 pm show. The show was about an hour long and it was pretty good. The museum is underground and there is a lift that takes you down to the exhibits inside the entrance. The whole show is a walkthrough with storytellers and actors dressed in period clothing who tell the history of British Columbia. The exhibits that I liked the most were the ones on the Aboriginal peoples, Barkerville, the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Chinese contribution to the CPR as well as its significance to the formation of Canada as a country.
five star hotel in Lloret de MarAfter we left the Storyeum, we drove over to English Bay where we went to get some gelato. We walked by the beach for a bit before we went to get some sushi at some sushi place on Denman. We were well on our way out of downtown when Zen called Ann to pick her up since she just got off work. We then drove back to Gastown where we picked Zen up and dropped her off so she can pick her car up. Afterwards, we went back to Ann's place where we hung out for approximately two hours before my sister and I went home for dinner. It was a pretty good day. I went out for a walk with my parents after dinner and tried out the second-hand '92 Camry that we recently bought when I went to refuel the car with my dad.