Gray Skies in Vancouver

Vancouver is only a two hour flight from San Francisco, yet it sounds so far away. Don't know why, perhaps the notion of being in a different country than the U.S., with money that actually has more colors than just green. Anyway, I am rambling from my room in Vancouver, looking out over Robson street, the downtown shopping strip here. The picture shows the intersection of Robson and Thurlow streets. This morning I discovered Tim Hortons for a quick and cheap breakfast, that should please the folks at CNET who have to pay my expenses.