Banff T-Minus 3 days!

Greetings from Banff, Alberta (pictured), T-minus 3 more days to the wedding!
Well where do I start, our 2 day trip on the Rocky Mountaineer exceeded all expectations. Leaving Vancouver on day 1 of the rail trip the weather could not have been better. Clear blue skies and a temperature of around 15C left us with panoramic views of the surrounding mountains, but more on this later.

On arrival in Vancouver we were upgraded to a Premium Room which meant the 27th floor overlooking the Harbour, the nearby Seaplane jetty and the Cruise Line Terminal. Once we'd dealt with the jetlag we spent our 2 clear days sightseeing using the city tour bus, which your able to hop on and off. We toured the excellent Granville Island which is a large harbour area hosting the cities market.
During our 2 days in Vancouver we also spent a good deal of time within Stanley Park, a huge area of woodland and sea views which boasts over 22 miles of nature walks. We were lucky enough to see Black Squirrel, Belted Kingfisher and our first Bald Eagle.

To sum up Vancouver it is a quite unremarkable city boasting the usual highrise office blocks and hotels but the harbour and surrounding mountains make it a wonderful place to spend a couple of days and the people are friendly too.
I'll post our experiences of the Rocky Mountaineer later as were now about to leave in our hired SUV for a tour of Banff, this will be to select the actual spot of our marriage on Saturday! Lets hope we dont get a similar days weather as yesterday when we had 3 inches of snow!!!