We stayed at Julie and Grant’s apartment for 5 weeks from late July through to almost the end of August. The apartment itself is well designed and provided plenty of space for us, two adults and two kids of 4 and 8. Our children ended up playing with Julie and Grant’s son and his friends next door and over the road pretty much every day. Julie and Grant are excellent hosts, and were always on hand on the occasions when we needed assistance, and were great at giving advice on what to do and where to go. They added immeasurably to the quality of our experience in Vancouver. The apartment is in a wonderful location, in a lovely and genuinely friendly neighbourhood a few blocks from the playpark and the beach, 100 yards from the main bus routes to downtown or out to UBC, and also 100 yards or so from a great breadshop, wine store, grocery stores, bookshop, pharmacies. If we get the chance to return to Vancouver we would not hesitate to stay here again.