7:50am Monday Aug 11th - With a
beautiful day ahead we decided to backtrack south down Vancouver Island to
Victoria. Another place we have never
been in our own boat and it was fun navigating new grounds for the 20.43nm
trip.
We will spend 2 nights here exploring the
city. We were lucky enough to get dock
space right in front of the Empress Hotel - A great setting right downtown.
The bug zoo was awesome and all the restaurants we
went to were really good. After an hour
of indecision on what backpack to get for school, Skylar finally picked one out
at MEC (REI like store) happy with his decision.
We decided to splurge and do the afternoon tea at
the Empress. At $60 per person ($30 for
Ava) it seemed extremely overpriced and probably not the best quality food -
but we still wanted the experience.
Skylar thought it was absolutely stupid – “really, tea and crumpets” –
and Ava had to be convinced by explaining she was going to be a little princess. She finally said, “Ok but I am NOT drinking
the tea!”
Surprisingly it was really great food. A whole lunch actually - more than we could
eat. The kids absolutely loved it and it
was an awesome experience for all of us.
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| View from the upper deck of our boat |
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| Our boat with the Empress Hotel in the background |
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| The millipede unibrow |
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| Tea Time! |
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| The spread |
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| Ava had her own special princess tower |
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