Victoria Day 1
Goodbye Seattle
Let me tell you about my trip to Victoria. We got up early on Thursday morning, packed the last of our bags. and poured our coffees. I made a little breakfast and packed it up. We caught the 6:30 bus and then walked down the waterfront to the Victoria Clipper dock. We checked in and only had to wait a few minutes before boarding. Once we boarded we settled in for the ride. It was fairly smooth and quick. I drank my coffee and breakfasted on pancakes and syrup, and yogurt and berries.
Once we arrived in Victoria we needed to find lunch for Aron, who was starving. (he travels better on an empty stomach) We opted to stop at the Royal BC Museum. They have a great cafe where we were able to get a simple lunch and then follow it up with gelato and coffee later. We saw the Imax movie Mummies and wandered around. It reminded me a whole lot of the Museum of Science of Industry in Chicago. We wandered through a representation of a Victorian home, a cannery, and a mining operation. One of the most fun exhibits was called the party. It was a big circle of tiered cut outs of people and things that are famous in BC. There was a computer they you used to select each individual and it gave you some great information. Most were individuals, like the man behind Mr Peanut and Vancouvers. They also included the Garbage Gobbler and my favorite, Ogopogo.
We then moved on to the parliment buildings
What beautiful architecture, what historical buildings. We took a guided tour and were tempted to pop in to observe the parliamentary session in process, but we were tired and decided to go check into the bed and breakfast.
The Bed and Breakfast
When I first began scheduling the trip, i was looking into booking the trip as all inclusive through the clipper. Instead I decided to look for Bed and Breakfasts and found Albion Manor. I’d never stayed in a bed and breakfast before, only at hostels, motels or hotels. This was a whole different experience It was a much more personal touch then a hotel or motel, but was much more refined then a hostel would be. It was located about 5 blocks from the inner harbor and the Victoria Clipper dock. We had a beautifully appointed room, with a bathroom with a two person claw foot tub. I settled in for a bath and Aron rested until it was time to head out to dinner…. details of that will go into my food blog. We then wandered across the inner harbor watching the lights and headed bed for the night.
Details on day two will come shortly…
