Victoria

Today we took the BC Ferry to Vancouver Island and ate lunch at the Empress Hotel before we went to visit a tiny one-acre garden nestled in a residential neighborhood. Then we spent the rest of the day on our own with Wally and Fran, exploring the downtown and harbor area. We checked out a paper and stationary store, a chocolate shop, a Tilley store, a yarn store and then went to a nice restaurant for dinner before we walked along the inner harbor on our way to our hotel, the Royal Scot, just one street over from the harbor and a few yards from the provincial Parliament. It is easy to walk around the area because when you want to cross the street the cars stop for you.



Here are pictures of the inside of the ferry as we were leaving the bus to go up a few decks, the dining room at the Empress and pictures of a flower and a shrub bed at today’s garden.