I have been to BC several times before, but none of those visits included Whistler in the plan. Thus, this famous place made its way to my itinerary this time. Located about 3 hours drive from Vancouver, Whistler is a resort town most popular for skiing and snowboarding in the winter, and mountain biking in the summer.
We booked a night at Delta Hotels by Marriott Whistler Village Suites (got a good price through our generous friend), and upon check-in we got a free upgrade to a suite! The suite had a kitchen, living room with a fireplace, balcony, bathroom, bedroom, and a set of washer and dryer! The view from the balcony and the bedroom window was beautiful!
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| Hotel front |
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| Beautiful view from our room |
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| Kitchen nook |
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| Bedroom |
The Whistler Children's Festival was going on at that time, and the day we arrived was their last day. We offered Miss Kiki to go there and she wanted to check it out. The festival was located at the Olympic Plaza in Whistler Village, just a 5 minute walk away from our hotel. Kids under 12 had to pay a $10 fee to enter but adults could enter for free. Miss Kiki went on her own to buy tickets (with her own money) and we all entered the festival area...
In the festival there were different tents with games and information table. The first one she visited was a garbage-sorting game. They were teaching kids to differentiate different types of waste. Miss Kiki wasn't so excited, I think this game was more for a younger kid.
The next tent we visited was a physical challenge game. Also for little kids but she went ahead and did it anyway. The table was promoting physical activities to keep a healthy lifestyle.
They had a bobsled on display on the same booth. This one was used during the Winter Olympics in Whistler a few years back. If you are interested, you can actually ride a bobsled in Whistler. They have some requirements but if you are healthy and strong you should be able to do it.
Our next stop was a tent from a museum. On their table they displayed different household tools. We were able to name most of the tools. At one point the girl at the booth showed Miss Kiki a washboard and asked if she knew what it was. She answered right away that it was a board for washing clothes. The girl was very surprised that Miss Kiki knew the answer! :D
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| Retro mixer |
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| Video camera |
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| You can see the washboard in the background |
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| Typewriter |
The next tent we visited was by a wildlife conservation. They were trying to warn people about the danger of introducing foreign living things into the wild. They had information on invasive plants and animals that got introduced to Canada in the recent years, and they had this huge Bullfrog specimen in a jar. It was unexpectedly very yucky to see!
Next, we visited a booth hosted by a First Nation community. Here they introduced different Native symbols and their meanings. Visitors are encouraged to join their craft workshop: deer skin bracelet. They provided temporary tattoos that you stick to the deer skin, and then they tied it with a string to make a bracelet. Miss Kiki chose a Raven tattoo for her bracelet.
They had a stage with different performers going on throughout the event, so visitors who had enough of the booths can kick back and enjoy the performances. There was also a market that was giving away organic apples and organic juice boxes. That was very nice!
DH spent some time together with Miss Kiki at this building block booth.
It was past lunch time when we finally left the festival to grab a bite. We found this cafe called Gone Village that had good ratings on Google. We ordered sandwiches and soup. One sandwich was really good, the grilled cheese was a bit too hard and too salty for our liking. The soup was also very good.
After lunch, we walked around the village separately. Sometimes Miss Kiki tagged along with me, and then sometimes she tagged along with DH. They went around to catch some Pokemon in and around the village.
The village itself is not that big, you can walk through it quickly if you don't enter any shops or restaurants. They do have a lot of souvenir shops there along with cafes, restaurants, and pubs. Other than that, the rest of the buildings are hotels. Interestingly, most of the shopkeepers I met had very different accents from what I am used to. It was rather difficult to understand their speech, I must say. Later on I found out that most of the workers in Whistler Village were foreigners from Europe and Australia :D
The pictures below were taken with the GoPro Hero 5. Colours aren't great but the wide angled lens is sure useful.
After sunset we walked over to Earl's and we checked another want-to-go restaurant off our list. We had our favourite clam chowder and chilli chicken with crispy wonton skin. Miss Kiki ordered herself a burger.
We stayed quite late at the restaurant and Miss Kiki was so tired that DH offered to give her a piggy back ride back to the hotel...
So that was our first day in Whistler, please look forward to the next post! It will be filled with beautiful pictures from the mountains.
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