Aug 6, Another fireworks night. This time, we parked at Jessica's apartment. It's only a block to Beach Ave. 5-10 minutes walk got us to a very nice spot for the fireworks. We even remembered to bring a radio this time. Another feast for light and color. This was the finale, so every country shot up what's leftover. I got a flavor of what we missed. Louis Armstrong with Canada's fireworks, and a female traditional solo with the Chinese. However, I prefer the display of single country. There's a theme to the show.
Aug 7. Spent half of the day on UBC campus. There were about a dozen visitors to the Museum of Anthropology, made famous by some movie, and few going to an afternoon concert at the Chan Center for the Performing Arts. I encountered a foreign visitor (well in her 50s, alone) at the Student Union Building asking for directions to the housing facilities, (which I, of course, am ignorant of). From a brochure there, I learned that it's possible to stay for $25 in the student residence (with private or twin accommodation) in summer. Apart from them, there seems not a soul on campus.
The Main Mall is one wide avenue, ending its north tip a rose garden on a bluff overlooking the ocean. Buildings are of various sizes and style, mostly modern, and not very good looking. The most handsome building is the main library. 
We descent next to the Anthropology museum to the beaches. Very cool and narrow walkway. Wooden stairs. Not many people on the beach, and most of them completely naked. It took me a while to persuade my father to get down to the water. We carried our shoes and wade through pebbles and sands. Nice and cool. But only 10 minutes further west, around the corner, it was hustling and bustling. Hundreds of people there, reading, tanning, showing off their body, or drinking. Yes, there's a bar on the beach, and a store selling cloths to wrap around your bare bottom in case you want to venture up to the campus.
The sand is awfully hot around the stores. From here, another wooden walkway lead up to the campus. However, there was a traffic on this trail.We ended Sunday by going to the Stanley Park. Vancouver Symphony Orchestra was doing an outdoor concert here at 7pm. Conductor Bramwell Tovey arrived in horse carriage (two beautiful white horses) lead by two royal mounted police. He made funny comments before every piece. It was fun. A pleasant venue, shared with babies and dogs. As expected, somewhat poor sound quality. (The amplifiers were in full power.) They played popular yet classic tunes like Rossini's William Tell overture, Dvorak's Slovanic Dance in G minor, Borodin's Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor, Lehar's Gold and Silver Waltz, introduced a 14-year-old violinist Christel Lee (who played Saint-Saëns' Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso), ended with Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture.
