Thanks for the suggestions! We had an awesome trip. Were able to do the following:
-Grouse Grind, this was absolutely majestic. It sorta drizzled 3/4 into the hike and it felt like a fantasy setting. If I lived in BC, I'd do it every week. Took me and the gf 2 hours instead of 1-1.5 like we expected. Went to Capilano after and it was a nice 'cool down'.
-Deep Cove trail. I stayed with my cousin and her fiance in NewWest, brought her dog and another dog they were dog sitting and it was a fun short hike with excellent views. Met loads of dogs and had a great picnic after.
-Sea to Sky. Best view I've seen in my life (although CN tower rivals it
). There were tons of trails to do on the mountain, also checked out Shannon falls where the water looked amazing. -Stanley Park, the trees were underwhelming at first, but the more we walked, the more we realized how damn big they were. Also rented e-scooters for the first time and did a lap around the island, felt like a badass doing that. Saw the totem park, lighthouse, and had a nice picnic there as well.
-Discovered an amazing restaurant (Tanoot Pizza), they had great vegan options and we went there twice. The rest of the food was a bit underwhelming. Vancouver had loads of nice vegan options, but my cousins convinced me to visit Saffron, which they proclaim is the best punjabi food in all of Canada. As indo-canadians from Brampton Ontario, those are big words. The restaurant wasn't bad, but it was 7/10 at best.
-We did groceries the first day and made our own food. The vegan grocery options were phenomenal and definitely will do more cooking when we visit next. Will make sure we try the vegan sushi and ramen tho, that was something we couldn't do.
My only critique, as someone who was used to everything being open till 10 pm while living in Ottawa and Toronto, it was annoying to see everything close at 7-8 pm, even on a Friday night. Forget nightlife, just getting dinner was a bit of a mission.
