Blogs from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, North America - page 9

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It's 9.38 on the 10th July. We're about halfway through our stay here in Victoria which, as always, has gone so fast. Today I'll write about Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. I got up Tuesday at about 7.20 and went down to the park to do my usual routine of pull-ups, press-ups, squats etc., getting back by 8.30 to write my previous blog. From then until about 10 the others began to wake up and emerge from the bedroom. Everyone made themselves breakfast and we discussed what to do that day. It was still this funny kind of smokey overcast - not quite cloudy but not quite blue skies, so we decided to wait for a properly sunny day before we headed down to the lake. As we'd been into the city the day before it seemed ... read more
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It's 9.25 on the 7th of July. There's been a very welcome change of pace here in Victoria, as I'm sure you've noticed from my last blog. We've had a chance to kick back and relax here after the craziness of Toronto and The Rockies. It does mean however, there isn't so much to write about so these blogs will be a little shorter for a while. So Saturday. Donna and Bob had booked us in for the museum at noon, so we spent the morning having breakfast and showering and the like. By noon we were ready and Donna gave us a lift in to the city, dropping us outside the museum which was set back a little from the inner harbour, next to the government buildings. The museum itself was made up of two ... read more
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It's 10.47 on the 4th July. I think, after all of the excitement of Beaverfoot and travelling, this will be a shorter blog. I hope so anyway, the last few took me at least an hour and a half to write and another couple of hours to upload all the photos. So we woke up pretty late on Tuesday morning, having had very little sleep the previous 3 nights for whatever reason. It was the 1st of July, which was Canada day, so Donna and Bob had the day off. We emerged from our room at about noon, and had some breakfast. The first thing we were to do that day was to head down to the local supermarket to buy some food for the next few days. So, once everyone was showered and awake, we ... read more
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Sailing into Victoria we could see the approaching barren mountains of the coast looming closer, barren of any snow (okay, so it is summer isn’t it, and to paraphrase the Wizard of Oz, we’re not in Alaska any more)! Sharon headed to mass and then we headed up to the Lido for Breakfast. I got myself a serving of Swiss muesli in the Lido and some French toast to go with it. I had to wait because there wasn’t any premade ready to serve. Sharon got her scrambled eggs and they’ve reverted to the really soggy, chew, jerky-like turkey bacon. We went back to the cabin to don our “We don’t need Google” T-Shirts to commemorate this final day of Team Trivia at 10:00 AM in the Crow’s Nest. We stopped at the Explorer’s Lounge to ... read more


We got off to a lazy start on our first sea day; but, Sharon did manage to drag herself to mass while I wrote the blog for our stay in Seattle and boarding of the Statendam. It’s good to be back on a Holland America ship that has floor mats in the elevators that tell you what day of the week it is. We went to the Lido for breakfast. Still stuffed from last night I had only a bowl of Swiss muesli and a croissant and a glass of fresh squeezed orange juice. Sharon had her scrambled eggs, turkey bacon, potatoes and of course a chocolate croissant. We headed to the Explorers Lounge to take our Sudoku challenge. Today’s puzzle was numbered #2, which as I recall was the first puzzle we did on the ... read more


The week has come and gone but the passage of our Alaskan venture has not hit us as our fellow travelers are readying for their journey home. In one sense, this week came and went with the knowledge that we would be back shortly. The weather looks better this morning than our first sea day. We had breakfast in the Lido. Sharon found the Lido better for breakfast on this cruise; which, has not been the case on previous cruises. I tend to agree. It seems that the dining room may have gotten dinged in the comments on the previous cruise for not serving food that was hot enough. Just about every dinner the server and often a supervisor would check at the end of the meal whether the food had been hot enough. The food ... read more


Sharon was a bit rushed to get off to mass by 8:00 AM after a very restful night’s sleep. I began working on the blog and Sharon reported that I would have loved the priest on this cruise, he’s from Australia and apparently has quite a way with words. The viewing from our cabin when we awoke wasn’t promising as we were clearly engulfed by fog and dreary weather. The prospects for any scenic beauty weren’t good. We went up to the Lido for breakfast, and I had just a bowl of Swiss Muesli. I had quite a difficult time finding and empty table for us, and an even tougher time locating a spoon. There was none with the cereal at the station I’d gotten my muesli. Sharon got her scrambled eggs, potatoes and bacon not ... read more


Geo: 48.4644, -123.38I wonder if the local eateries realise how good the Hop on Hop Off bus is for their business....we usually pick a venue that we see on the way. We have been spotting the Swan Inn on our rounds and so we settled on this as the brunch destination of the morning.We did call in to the Fudge Shop and Chinatown to stock up on supplies for tomorrow's ferry adventure. Our Chinatown adventure was made complete with a walk down Fan Tan Alley - the narrowest trading alley in BC. The Swan was an absolute treasure. Clam chowder to die for (@LizMcPhee!!!) and seafood prepared to perfection washed down with a locally brewed raspberry beer and a root beer - all with a view of the hustle and bustle of the entrance to the ... read more
Clam chowder was delicious
Finding Fan Tan Alley
Very narrow...no passing




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