Sidney, British Columbia

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November 23rd 2009

Published: November 24th 2009

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One Girl One World

Sidney Harbour

A few photos from Sidney, British Columbia...This charming little island is home to many retired people who use bikes to get from one place to another. The airport we use is in Victoria, though our hotel is actually right on the water in Sidney.

This is one of my favorite overnights. The hotel is first-class with a running path that snakes along the water around the island. The workout room is the best of all the hotels we use and it doesn't hurt that the rooms provide bathrobes, slippers and a Philips Senseo coffee maker! The coffee is so good I've ordered one from the manufacturer for use at home...it's the best coffee I've ever tasted!

Tiny little cafes and restaurants litter the little island and there are whale watching tours! One day when we have a long overnight there, I'll hop aboard one of the whale watching boats. AND I'll get to the famous botanical gardens just outside of Victoria! One of these days....

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Debbie Wallace

One Girl One World

"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fa... full info

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