Yesterday when walking round Victoria we found a Scottish pub and went in for a beer then at night we found an Irish bar and went there for something to eat. Victoria is a lovely place with some super shops and a lovely harbour area. The weather yesterday was really nice and it was really warm in the afternoon. This morning the sun was still shining so after breakfast we went to Butchart Gardens, which is about a half an hour drive from here, but the bus station is just a few hundred yards away from the hotel, so we just walked there and got our tickets. The gardens were just spectacular. It's surprising how many plants are actually the same as ours and I even have some in my garden. It took us a good two hours to walk round then we had time for a bit of shopping in the gift shop before catching the bus back to Victoria, where it was time for lunch!
We went to Sam's Deli, which is the same place we had lunch yesterday - you should see the size of the sandwiches!!! After that we walked down to the harbour where we picked up a local harbour tour on a wee boat, which was just lovely. It had rained a little while we were having lunch, but it was fine by the time we had eaten. The sun even shone again, so we've been really lucky. On the way back to the hotel we spotted a local shop selling First Nation carvings so we bought a humming bird and some prints with some of our anniversary money. We're thinking of putting the rest of the money together and using it to pay for our trips that we had up in Alaska, which will help to pay the credit card bill when it arrives!!
We're just resting up in the hotel now watching a bit of the BBC world news and catching up on what the volcano is doing, but it seems that all should be well for our journey home.
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