Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Hunting Supernatural filming locations and shopping

I was quite busy this morning. At first, I checked my mail at the SWAP office, then I went to CIBC in order to close my bank account. When I called the credit card hotline in order to cancel my Canadian credit card, I was told that I could still keep it seperate from my bank account and that this wouldn't cost me anything. As a seperate credit card for emergencies might come in handy sometimes, I decided to do that.
I also talked with the Moose Travel manager Jason in order to complain about my Banff to Jasper trip which hadn't made it to Jasper. He told me that I would get a fair refund, which sounded like a good deal to me.
Around noon I took the Expoline skytrain to 'Metrotown'. There was a big shopping mall called 'Metropolis'. However, my main reason for coming here was a nearby 'Supernatural' filming set. I easily found the set. Unfortunately, apart from the helpers and all the trailers and cars, I couldn't see anything. The actors were filming inside the building - a church. So the most interesting thing I saw was a trailer with the names 'Cass' and 'Crowly' written on the doors.
Next, I decided to check out the mall. I was looking for some pants. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any affordable pants that I really liked. I also had a greek lamb pita for lunch. Around 4 PM, I went to check out the film set one more time, but I wasn't lucky this time, either.
I went back through the mall to the bus stop, where I took the '130' going North. I got off after about 35 minutes and then I still had to walk a bit further to get to the Ironworkers Memorial bridge. I knew that there was a 'Supernatural' filming location, the bunker, somewhere around here but I didn't know the exact location. As the weather was really bad (it had been raining non-stop all day long), I didn't want to spent too much time looking for the location. So I just took a walk through a park in that area and luckily, the bunker was right there. It was actually right below the bridge, but a lot further down than I had originally expected, which was the reason why it took me some time to find it.
Finally, I walked back to the bus station and took a bus back to 'Metrotown'. Before taking the skytrain back to Vancouver, I checked the film set one last time, but there still wasn't anything new for me to see.


Back at the hostel, I prepared everything for my early departure the next day.

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