Today is our last full day in Victoria. Tomorrow is a transit day as we drive to Whistler a day earlier than planned. There will be no blog tomorrow and while today was a full day, this will be a short report.
The title? Spinal Tap. Enough said. I'm sorry my learned reader, you've not heard of Spinal Tap. may I suggest a date with Dr Google and Youtube or Netflix or some other streaming service.
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| As good as Paris |
The day began with a planned drive back to the car rental company to get the GPS fixed. Planned drive. I climbed into the Jeep and turned on the ignition and up came the GPS, working beautifully. WTF? I don't know and don't care to know, it's working. Back to our room to get ready for the day.
A Taste of Victoria walking tour was the first order of the day, well, after the GPS debacle. We met at a local market only 15 minutes walk for the hotel. We can highly recommend this if you get to Victoria. Not only is Andy a great local guide, the places we went to were well worth a second visit. Great gourmet food from breads to olive oils to macarons to craft beer. An excellent tour supplemented with local knowledge and the history of the area.
The tour concluded at the waterfront near The Empress and the Legislature building. The Empress is sinking at the rate of 1 inch every 10 years. It was built on land reclaimed from the sea and now the sea is claiming The Empress. I love nature. It wins every time.
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| The Empress - is sinking into the reclaimed foreshore |
Directly across the road form The Empress guarding the water views they so desired ( and will become a part of one day) is a statue of Captain James Cook. No. No photo. I live in Redfern, be sensitive dear reader. Mind you, Cook is very popular over here ... with the pigeons and seagulls.
Tour over and with a few more hours to burn before dinner we caught the bus to the Butchart Gardens. Warning: arty, flowery photos following and today's concluding statement.
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| The Legislature |
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| The view from the Legislature to our hotel |
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| A pretty flower |
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| The sunken garden: amazing |
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| Another flower |
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| The Italian garden |
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| More sunken garden. It used to be a quarry. |
With the day over we sought out an Italian restaurant to avoid eating over-priced, over-rated meals at the hotel. What a winner. Fiamo in Yates Street. Great food and service and, unusually, not overly noisy. I'm not sure why everyone in North America needs to talk with such a LOUD voice.
Until next time.
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