Day 4

Today we woke up to clouds! Quite a change from yesterday's sun. After eating breakfast at the hotel's continental breakfast, we drove into downtown Victoria. We took some time to stroll along the streets. Stopping in little shops and souvenir places. We took some pictures in front of the Empress Hotel, which was celebrating it's 100th birthday, and the Parliament Buildings, and the harbor.

After shopping we went to an Indian Curry Housef or Dinner. We really enjoyed the Curry Chicken and the Nan. It was delicious.

 

After dinner, we headed back to the car, which we had parked in a public parking garage (Yates and Landberg). It cost $11 for the whole day. We decided to stop at a grocery store (Save-on-foods) on the way back to the hotel to pick-up one more souvenir for Raj's Grandmother (Canadian Back Bacon). We found lots of interesting grocery products that we bought to bring home. We also bought a Garden sculpture. It's a metal bronze sun. We are hoping it will bring us sunny weather back home! We want to hang it up on the porch.

After the grocery store, we went back to the hotel to do some research on the ferry going home. We had wanted to take the Ferry from Sydney to Anacortes. It takes longer, but winds through the San Juans so you get a spectacular view. Unfortunately, we found out you have to make reservations 48 hours in advance, so that route was out of the question. We thought about driving back up to Nanaimo, but decided that was out of the way. We finally decided on the CoHo Ferry which leaves right from downtown Victoria and goes to Port Angeles. it costs more, but is less driving.