Seattle to Vancouver

I got the car out of the car park after checking out of the hostel and headed towards the airport. I did a 'Top Gear' and refused to fill up as they told me to bring it back empty. The fuel range gauge said I had 10miles left in the tank as I started the car up which was good as it was only 7 to the airport. By the time I had actually driven ｽmile it said I was Empty, so I drove onto the motorway and hoped, as you do! It did deg me to the airport and I as definitely on fumes as I drove up the ramp to rental drop area. The car dropped I went to get a trolley to put my bags on; $5 a trolley!!! No thank you, I'll carry them, robbing buggers! Checked in OK and the flight was on time. The flight was only about 45 minutes to Vancouver and no sooner are you up you are coming back down again. Once the bag was collected and the usual immigration/customs etc. grilling I made my way out of the airport to find the Canada Line metro train which runs in to down town Vancouver and stops only a couple of blocks from the hotel. I bought the ticket no problem, there are friendly staff there to tell you how to use the machines, however what they don't tell you is you are then supposed to 'validate' the ticket before you get on the train at another machine. I didn't realise this until I got to my destination station and the was a huge poster 'reminding' people to validate your ticket. Too late I was already there (and there are no barriers or checks) I walked about 5 blocks to the hotel which is not too far and checked in. I had booked and paid for the Howard Johnson before I set off so I didn't have to worry about it. It was a typical city centre Hotel with a standard room and despite some of the negative reports on TripAdvisor.com it was pretty much what I had expected for this room rate plus it was very centrally located, which was great. I dropped the bags and went down to the bar for a drink and tried the 'local' pale ale which wasn't up to much, but the barman did give me couple of tips of where to go for a decent pint, which was good. Out on the street just up from the hotel I grabbed a burger for tea, the main street (Granville Road) was a hive of activity with people dismantling a scene from Fringe – Season 2 which was being filmed in the city (Something to do with New York in the future). Sadly I did not get my 15 minutes of fame as extra this time.