Victoria Trip: Day #1

Today was my first day in Victoria, and what a day it was! First of all, very early morning, but that’s okay as it gave me a chance to cram more into the day. The weather here is awesome compared to Edmonton – nice and sunny, no rain!

After arriving in Victoria, Jennifer, Martin and I went to the Butchard Gardens. The garderns were simply amazing. I have never seen so many flowers, so big, so lush, it was crazy. Even the grass was bright green, very dense, and perfectly cut. I swear the couple people operating lawnmowers we saw were just for show!

Next we went downtown and walked around the harbor. We went for lunch at Barb’s, a fish and chip shop – delicious! I dont know why they ask if you wanted the fish deep fried or grilled, no one I saw ordered grilled. That’s just not fish and chips!

My hotel is not comparable to the one I had in Seattle, but keep in mind that Microsoft paid for the other one. This one is also free, so I won’t complain, but it doesn’t have high speed Internet! I swear it should be a law for all hotels to have Internet access. In any case, I fired up MapPoint and found a cyber cafe 90 meters from the hotel (actually a combination of MapPoint and the Yellow Pages), and it turned out to be an awesome find. Internet access is only $3 per hour!

Tonight was dinner at Milestones, a restaurant somewhat similar to Earls. This particular Milestones was situated right on the harbor, across the street from the Empress Hotel and down the street from the Legislature buildings. Dinner was excellent, and it was awesome to see everything lit up at night.

Tomorrow is a sleep-in day, then the afternoon is free, so I suppose we’ll find something to do! And yes Megan, I plan to visit the chocolate store tomorrow 🙂