Vancouver Travel Journal

I certainly haven’t visited every big city in the world. Not even close to all of them But, to my mind, of the ones I’ve visited, Vancouver is the most naturally beautiful one.

Of course, I get to define how big a city has to be to make it a “big city.” Vancouver has a much smaller population than my hometown, Toronto, but it is well above the lower bound of “big” in my city size taxonomy. (Population isn’t the only factor for me in this categorization. It also has to feel like a big city for me to call it one.)

I’ve been to Vancouver a few times in my life, but, as of the time of writing this category description, only once since starting this travel journal.

I should go more often. In terms of natural beauty, it has everything—mountains, an ocean, a river, beaches, parks (especially Stanley Park), gardens and great spots to take in beautiful sunsets on those days when there are beautiful sunsets.

If you know of a more scenically beautiful city, please tell me. I might try to go there. Provided it’s not war-torn. Nor can there be an excessive amount of domestic violence. And there have to be decent hotels. Of course, it also can’t be so atrociously expensive as to bankrupt me. And, well, … Okay. Maybe I’ll go. Maybe I won’t. We’ll see.

This is a subcategory of “British Columbia,” a sub-subcategory of “Canada,” and a sub-sub-subcategory of “North America.”