For our second day in Vancouver I had booked an all day tour with Prince of Whales.
(highly recommend) We met them at the Sea Bus station on Waterfront. On the way to
Victoria we had a whale watch and saw a couple different pods of Orcas. One was
a family with a baby that was very playful. Actually all the Orcas were quite
playful. Lots of great whale viewing. (hard to get good photos though) We also saw seals lying on logs being
transported via barge, harbor seals, 4 eagles, lots of interesting things being
transported by barge and many sea birds. We arrived at Victoria and were headed
to Barb’s fish & chips, but the crew told us that Red Fish Blue Fish was
closer and very good. So, we waited over an hour in line to order our fish and
chips, which we enjoyed while sitting on the dock and listening to a guy
performing there for tips. The sun had come out and it was a beautiful day. We
had no time left to tour the town as we wanted to spend at least 2 hours at
Butchart Gardens.
sailing away from Vancouver to Victoria
Lion's Gate Bridge
logs being transported...gulls & seals get a ride.....
am I having fun yet?????
our first Orca sighting!
off to find the Orca family with a baby!
baby Orca playing
Eagle
continuing on to Victoria
Empress Hotel
arrival at the harbor
waiting in line at Red Fish Blue Fish
my turn in line
finally, Greg made it to the front of the line!
he kept me company on the dock waiting for lunch
Halibut fish & chips
cod fish & chips
waiting for bus to Butchart Gardens
on bus to Butchart Gardens
We grabbed the bus to the gardens. Butchart Gardens is beyond description.
Just breathtaking! We wished we could have spent a couple more hours here. In
hindsight we wished we had skipped day 1 in Vancouver and spent the night on
Victoria. At 5:30 we headed to the dock at the gardens for our 2 hour boat ride
back to Vancouver.
Waterwheel Square
Sunken Gardens
Bog Garden
Ross Fountain
walk to Rose Garden
Sturgeon Fountain
of course we stopped for Gelato!
Japanese Garden
Butchart Cove dock
ready to board our boat back to Vancouver
barges of sand
Vancouver is in site....
Canada Place
appetizers at Hon's
art???
Best Gelato EVER
our hotel
lobby of Hotel le Soleil
We dropped some things off at the hotel and grabbed a bus to
Robson street to find a late dinner. We found Hon’s Chinese food and while a
different atmosphere than the Shanghai Bistro the food was quite good. Then, we happened upon a Gelato place that had the best gelato we have had since we were
in Italy. An article on the wall said they originated in Rome. Back at the
hotel we packed up to check out the next morning.
Tomorrow, we visit North Vancouver.
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