106. Vancouver

For our final stop on this trip, we spent a week in Vancouver, staying at the Opus Hotel. Vancouver seems to suffer from the same set of bland hotels as Sydney does, so the Opus is a breath of fresh air. The city's only boutique hotel, it's a bit spoiled from the lack of competition. The lobby is a pretty halfhearted attempt at urban cool, some interesting furniture pieces scattered around what looks to be the lobby of a B class office building, with a humdrum reception desk tucked in the back. Amazingly, this furniture in an office lobby does indeed attract a big drinking crowd, but I didn't like the feel of the place at all. It's also got a restaurant tacked onto the lobby, incongrously a traditional French bistro.



We had booked the penthouse, which was a really nice room. Furnishings were witty, and the place felt really spacious, probably because it was spacious and surrounded by floor to ceiling windows. The fireplace in the middle of the room and flat screen tv's on both sides of the centerpiece dividing the bedroom from the living room were nice touches, and overall very happy with the room. (Room: 8, Facilities: 5, Service: 6, Overall: 6)