What a bonus! After 6 days of Alaskan cold, we woke up to see a glorious blue sky so we made the most of it by sitting up on deck with several cups of tea and a movie The Big Miracle on the big screen. It was actually quite warm. Ideal.
We were fascinated when we realised the pilot had to reverse the enormous Star Princess into a berth this size. We nearly couldn't watch!
We had arrived in CANADA whoop whoop!!
Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast.
We didn't arrive in Victoria B.C. till teatime so there was no time to lose and we were first off the boat as we only had a few hours in port.
One of the most famous landmarks in this beautiful city was The Empress Hotel
with stunning front gardens.
Totem poles were colourful and impressive.
Victoria is known as the City of Gardens and has with flowerbeds everywhere and huge, colourful flower baskets and creations like these dolphin bushes. Many people call Victoria a "bit of Old England" because of its beautiful gardens.
We didn't want to just trail around the shops. We wanted a last bit of excitement. So we made friends with Bob the horse and were taken on a horse and cart ride through the streets before being entertained by the street performers.
But it soon got dark.
The whole of The British Columbia Parliament Buildings lit up at night.
It was only a short stop but we had a very pleasant evening here before sailing the 60 miles back to Seattle for our flight home.
Highlights of the fortnight have to be-
Sleeping in a PYRAMID in Vegas
Walking the GRAND CANYON Skywalk
Watching the MARINERS win their 2 baseball games
Seeing FOUR black bears, one catching fish
Watching ORCAS in the Lynn Canal
Sailing through blocks of ice to spectacular GLACIERS
HUSKY DOG SLEDDING
and a horse and cart ride in CANADA
WOW!
2 comments:
I 'met' someone called Susan from Victoria on the blogosphere a few years ago. She said it had the best climate in Canada - looks like you did too.
Looks like you had a wonderful time. I feel like I've been there too a bit just reading your blog and looking at the pictures. Thanks Ali.
A lot of people "retire" to Victoria because of the climate. Apparently the average age of the population is very high! It felt very British! (Especially after Alaska!)
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