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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

beautifulPhotos & nice route ;-) P7 not LeashFree but Metal

P8.CraigdarrochCastle. I did aWatercolour painting 4 it. See

Wow. That is amazing.

What is the name of the park? I forgot where I was?

Oak Bay (city name) Queens' (she is everywhere ;-) Park

note there r 13Municipalities inGreatVictoria, COV is1ofThem

Haha. Yes. Queen is everywhere. I saw queen’ lake.

A test for you. Do you know where is queen’ lake?

hahaha，whiteFlag=我投降啦！thereR2many ;-)) But

maybe this one? I would like an award if I got it right 

https://www.anglersatlas.com/place/120323/queens-lake

Beautiful cherry blossoms! Been there in the summer.

summer is 2dryHere, grasses r yellow (but green inWinter ;-)

Happy Labor Day! Your photos keep wowing me.

P1: That house looks like it's just trying to make waves.

P2:That house knows how to make a splash in the neighborhood

P3Someone's got a prime seat for the next high tide concert.

P4:This marina has got more masts than a pirate convention.

P5: Feeling a little adrift? This is the place to be.

P6 Nature's way of saying,"Cheer up, it's getting brighter."

P7The metal mutts are ready to chase down a squirrel or two.

P8: I'm starting to think this castle has a "secret'' life.

P9 This house is clearly ''castle-struck'' by its neighbor.

P10 Thanks to this room, you've got a soft landing,literally

Haha, I asked you because you went to that park so often.

I followed 暖冬的foot prints

I am glad I went there in April.

If in Summer, I wouldn't walk that much.

Thank you, Qiulan. I believe you have a very nice Laborday.

of course,how could I fail &feel so badly??? ;-((( ;-)))

自罚面壁三天（with Maowi）！

I was imagining it in my head.

haha, not Maowi's fault.

indeed. very nice hotel in a quite neighborhood

Thx. I learned the word "mutts"

I could have gone on and on, but I'd better slow down and

catch my breath, letting your pictures speak for themselves.

he woke me up at midnight! if not him, who else 2blame? ;(

Like Victoria downtown. Your pictures brought back memories

Good composition

I like Victoria downtown too.

谢谢移花肯定。我的照片质量很差，都不好意识到摄坛凑热闹。