Saturday date: Britannia Shipyard

Yesterday was a lovely date full of surprises for us. Baby's initial plan was to bring me to Steveston for a walk along the seaside, which sounded like a good plan to me because we barely have the chance to go to Steveston if baby wasn't driving. It's not the kind of distance where we'd love to take public transit, when we live in a place that takes 75 minutes of bus/train ride to reach there.

As much as I was happy with the plan, God made it even better. Our surprising discovery of Brittania Shipyards which was hiding at the west end of Steveston simply made our day. I was pretty excited to see various cultural sites lying along the boardwalk as we walked further down.

You can totally sense the vibrant past of Steveston through looking at the complex. It has a mix of Western and Asian culture, with traditional building like Murakami house, Chinese Bunk House to Western twist in Stilt House.

Murakami House

 The Stilt House ( the blue one is also known as Men's Bunkhouse) has to be my favourite. It satisfies my fantasy of having a blue house with vintage theme. There are also 2 red houses beside the Men's Bunkhouse,  but I only took the blue house ( oops, please forgive my bias).

Decoration wise, the Murchison House (red one) won my heart. The decoration is heavily adapting the British vintage style, everything is so vintage from floral wallpaper to lacey curtains. I felt like I just went back to the 70s, ready to take a sip of coffee and few scones while looking at the garden view outside.

I also like how the decoration is consistently adapting the same style at every corner of the house, making it look so pleasantly comfortable.

Whereas the Men's Bunkhouse adapts a more free and simple style, perfectly reflecting the traditional life of men employees. Beer and playing cards after work, good life eh!

City of Richmond did a good job in preserving this precious heritage site considering that there's no entrance fee charged. Part of the maintenance fee relies on public donation. I highly recommend this place for a weekend date or family day, as it fits perfectly for a short walk down the memory lane to the past. With the good weather nowadays, it shouldn't be too hard to stay outdoor.

:) Forgive me that I'm not a good history teller, so I'll leave the link about it here City of Richmond- Britannia Shipyards. It does a much better job in explaining the details about this awesome place.

After taking tonnes of picture, we finally left the village and went to the seaside to continue our walk. The weather was just great for pictures, everything captured through the lens turned out great.

Awww, even the residential area nearby is so lovely and looks like vacation home.

I had a great time with baby. :) Had to appreciate his effort in preparing surprising date like this once in a while. especially when I know he's not an outdoor person. Thank you so much baby :')

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