We never actually met Robin. We arrived early in the morning and were greeted by someone else who thankfully let us leave our luggage, so we could go sightseeing. The house is located in a lovely, hip, somewhat gentrified neighborhood that has lots of great restaurants, particularly Asian ones. We loved House of Dosas and Graze. The upstairs accommodations would have been fine, except that Vancouver was experiencing a heat wave and the small fan and one window in the bedroom made it oppressive during the day. Fortunately, it cooled off at night. There are two different bus lines that take you downtown and each is about a 5 minute walk away. Another line, that is a bit further away takes you to Stanley Park. However, the bus rides to different sites can be long and/or involve transfers to the Skyway, or Sea Bus.