Travel to the West (10): The beautiful city of Victoria, BC

April 11 : Rained a little bit in the morning and then  kept Cloudy

Leaving the Butchart Gardens at about 1:30pm, We headed to the city of Victoria. It is only half hour's drive to the downtown of Victoria and  the hotel check-in time is 3pm. So we decided to drive to the seashore to admire the beautiful views and gorgous houses first.

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P6: stopped by a a park beside the beach


P7:Is this a leash free dog park?

P8:I was mis-leaded by the description of the hotel in the website and thought this casle would be our hotel. When GPS led us to that please, I didn't see the building as show in the picture. We drove around and double_checked we had the correct address.

P9:After we came back, we saw that casle and realized our hotel is next to the casle. This hotel was transformed from a big old house. 

P10: Common area of the hotel: dinning room

P11:common area of the hotel: living room

P12: After checking in hotel, we contined to explore the  Victoria. The streets are lined with cherry blossoms.

 

P13: Arrived at Chinatown at about 5pm. 

 

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p15: Then we went to the Inner harbour area to see the BC Parliament Buildings.

P16: There are quite a fews neatly trimmed Cherry blossom trees around that buildings.

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P19: Poor horses are  waiting for clients.

P20: Empress hotel 

P21: Inner Harber

 

It was later. We went back to the hotel after having a quick Glimpse of downtown Victoria. Will back again next day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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beautifulPhotos & nice route ;-) P7 not LeashFree but Metal -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 09/02/2024 postreply 12:08:19

P8.CraigdarrochCastle.I did aWatercolour painting of it. See -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (238 bytes) () 09/02/2024 postreply 12:14:16

Wow. That is amazing. -天邊一片白雲- 給 天邊一片白雲 發送悄悄話 天邊一片白雲 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 09/02/2024 postreply 12:20:22

What is the name of the park? I forgot where I was? -天邊一片白雲- 給 天邊一片白雲 發送悄悄話 天邊一片白雲 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 09/02/2024 postreply 12:22:10

Oak Bay (city name) Queens' (she is everywhere ;-) Park -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 09/02/2024 postreply 12:26:11

note there r 13Municipalities inGreatVictoria, COV is1ofThem -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 09/02/2024 postreply 12:47:30

Haha. Yes. Queen is everywhere. I saw queen’ lake. -天邊一片白雲- 給 天邊一片白雲 發送悄悄話 天邊一片白雲 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 09/02/2024 postreply 12:49:20

A test for you. Do you know where is queen’ lake? -天邊一片白雲- 給 天邊一片白雲 發送悄悄話 天邊一片白雲 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 09/02/2024 postreply 12:50:35

hahaha,whiteFlag=我投降啦!thereR2many ;-)) But -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (365 bytes) () 09/02/2024 postreply 13:02:15

Haha, I asked you because you went to that park so often. -天邊一片白雲- 給 天邊一片白雲 發送悄悄話 天邊一片白雲 的博客首頁 (81 bytes) () 09/02/2024 postreply 15:32:57

of course,how could I fail &feel so badly??? ;-((( -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 09/02/2024 postreply 17:01:05

自罰麵壁三天(with Maowi)!:((( -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 09/02/2024 postreply 17:07:31

haha, not Maowi's fault. -天邊一片白雲- 給 天邊一片白雲 發送悄悄話 天邊一片白雲 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 09/02/2024 postreply 17:54:49

he woke me up at midnight! if not him, who else 2blame? ;( -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 09/02/2024 postreply 18:07:25

Beautiful cherry blossoms! Been there in the summer. -暖冬cool夏- 給 暖冬cool夏 發送悄悄話 暖冬cool夏 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 09/02/2024 postreply 13:57:28

summer is 2dryHere, grasses r yellow (but green inWinter ;-) -最西邊的島上- 給 最西邊的島上 發送悄悄話 最西邊的島上 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 09/02/2024 postreply 14:30:50

I am glad I went there in April. -天邊一片白雲- 給 天邊一片白雲 發送悄悄話 天邊一片白雲 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 09/02/2024 postreply 15:47:45

If in Summer, I wouldn't walk that much. -天邊一片白雲- 給 天邊一片白雲 發送悄悄話 天邊一片白雲 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 09/02/2024 postreply 15:48:18

I followed 暖冬的foot prints -天邊一片白雲- 給 天邊一片白雲 發送悄悄話 天邊一片白雲 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 09/02/2024 postreply 15:33:50

Happy Labor Day! Your photos keep wowing me. -renqiulan- 給 renqiulan 發送悄悄話 renqiulan 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 09/02/2024 postreply 14:59:01

Thank you, Qiulan. I believe you have a very nice Laborday. -天邊一片白雲- 給 天邊一片白雲 發送悄悄話 天邊一片白雲 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 09/02/2024 postreply 16:24:58

P1: That house looks like it's just trying to make waves. -renqiulan- 給 renqiulan 發送悄悄話 renqiulan 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 09/02/2024 postreply 14:59:35

I was imagining it in my head. -天邊一片白雲- 給 天邊一片白雲 發送悄悄話 天邊一片白雲 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 09/02/2024 postreply 17:53:34

P2:That house knows how to make a splash in the neighborhood -renqiulan- 給 renqiulan 發送悄悄話 renqiulan 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 09/02/2024 postreply 15:01:42

P3Someone's got a prime seat for the next high tide concert. -renqiulan- 給 renqiulan 發送悄悄話 renqiulan 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 09/02/2024 postreply 15:03:52

P4:This marina has got more masts than a pirate convention. -renqiulan- 給 renqiulan 發送悄悄話 renqiulan 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 09/02/2024 postreply 15:06:37

P5: Feeling a little adrift? This is the place to be. -renqiulan- 給 renqiulan 發送悄悄話 renqiulan 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 09/02/2024 postreply 15:10:15

P6 Nature's way of saying,"Cheer up, it's getting brighter." -renqiulan- 給 renqiulan 發送悄悄話 renqiulan 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 09/02/2024 postreply 15:13:41

P7The metal mutts are ready to chase down a squirrel or two. -renqiulan- 給 renqiulan 發送悄悄話 renqiulan 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 09/02/2024 postreply 15:16:28

Thx. I learned the word "mutts" -天邊一片白雲- 給 天邊一片白雲 發送悄悄話 天邊一片白雲 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 09/02/2024 postreply 17:59:36

P8: I'm starting to think this castle has a "secret'' life. -renqiulan- 給 renqiulan 發送悄悄話 renqiulan 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 09/02/2024 postreply 15:19:11

P9 This house is clearly ''castle-struck'' by its neighbor. -renqiulan- 給 renqiulan 發送悄悄話 renqiulan 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 09/02/2024 postreply 15:21:34

P10 Thanks to this room, you've got a soft landing,literally -renqiulan- 給 renqiulan 發送悄悄話 renqiulan 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 09/02/2024 postreply 15:26:09

indeed. very nice hotel in a quite neighborhood -天邊一片白雲- 給 天邊一片白雲 發送悄悄話 天邊一片白雲 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 09/02/2024 postreply 17:56:50

I could have gone on and on, but I'd better slow down and -renqiulan- 給 renqiulan 發送悄悄話 renqiulan 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 09/02/2024 postreply 18:02:19

catch my breath, letting your pictures speak for themselves. -renqiulan- 給 renqiulan 發送悄悄話 renqiulan 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 09/02/2024 postreply 18:04:35

Like Victoria downtown. Your pictures brought back memories -瓷善家- 給 瓷善家 發送悄悄話 瓷善家 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 09/03/2024 postreply 01:03:06

I like Victoria downtown too. -天邊一片白雲- 給 天邊一片白雲 發送悄悄話 天邊一片白雲 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 09/03/2024 postreply 11:28:07

Good composition -移花接木- 給 移花接木 發送悄悄話 移花接木 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 09/03/2024 postreply 10:43:27

謝謝移花肯定。我的照片質量很差,都不好意識到攝壇湊熱鬧。 -天邊一片白雲- 給 天邊一片白雲 發送悄悄話 天邊一片白雲 的博客首頁 (0 bytes) () 09/03/2024 postreply 11:55:08

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