Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia with a population of about 80.000 people. It's much smaller than Vancouver city, but also somehow charming and relaxed. To get there, I took the bus and the ferry to Vancouver island from Vancouver city. I had a good impression of this lovly city, but to be honest, for "summer", it was very cold. You might discover this matter of fact on some of my pictures :-)
Getting there
As it is somehow a common way, I took the bus to Victoria from Vancouver city. Since then, I can say I know the three biggest coach lines in Canada: Greyhound, Coach Canada and Pacific Coach :-)
I got used to travel around with coaches
... but taking a ferry, was something "new" :-)
Sights
However, after a few hours of travelling, I arrived in Victoria and of course, I was exploring this city as usual :-)
Fairmont Empress Hotel
Parliament daytime
Parliament nighttime
Behind the parliament
City hall
China town
Mile Zero of the Trans Canadian highway
Carr house - Birthplace of Emily Carr (Canadian painter and writer)
Christ Church Cathedral
Craigdarroch Castle
Forecourt of the Majors house
Majors house
Ship festival
While spending some time here, I coincidentally saw the a kind of ship festival which is once a year
Corsair and an aeroboat
U.S. Coast Guard - The largest ship on this festival
The inner habor and a Canadian street performer
Impressions
Here are some pictures I took in Victoria, while walking around.
A seagull in the inner habor
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Flower in the ray
Germany in Canada
Freedom Tour - Journey for justice
Shopping center
A nice house
Shopping, shopping, shopping
Craigdarroch Castle in the sun
Conclution
Inner habor at sunset
Victoria is a lovly city. Regarding to Wikipedia information more than three million people are visiting it every year, because it is definitely worth to visit.
If you plan to go there, plan to bring some warm clothing with you :-)
In Victoria I met a German who gave me a ride to Tofino
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