This needed to be big to see how beautiful these tulips were.

Bill was freezing

 Tuesday April 17, 2012

Victoria, BC Canada

First of all Happy Birthday Luke!  Today we are in Victoria and this is a lovely victorian town.  We were greeted by people dressed in Victorian clothes and automobiles.  We had a tour so we headed to the bus.  We went to the Buchart Gardens and tea.  

The channel on the tv said that it was 57 degrees out so I donned a blouse and pants and my light jacket I did put my gloves in my purse.  Unfortunately,  it was quite cold, damp and raw out and only 45.  

The bus driver pointed out all the interesting places on our way to the gardens.  Because of the unseasonably cold winter that they had the flowers were 2-3 weeks behind schedule.  No roses were blooming but the Tulips and hyacinths were so fragrant and beautiful it was gorgeous.  We walked all around and then we had tea in their restaurant.  There were 22 of us on our bus and we had a private room overlooking the Italian garden.  We had beautiful window seats so it was truly beautiful.  The tea was great also.  

On the way back to the ship the bus driver took us through Chinatown and old town.  We even dropped a couple off to walk around the Empress Hotel.  We were too cold and I was starting to hurt so home we went.  We rested awhile and changed for dinner.  We went to the 7pm show to see Lynn Trefzger.  She is a comedian and ventriloquest.  We have seen her on Symphony and she is very funny.  Well she picked on Bill and Chuck in the front row.  Then she called Chuck up again and he pointed to a man to his left so Bill was thrilled she then took out another puppet who wanted Bill up there too.  She had three people up there and said when I tap your shoulder move your mouth but don’t talk.  It was hysterical and unfortunately I didn’t have the camera.  She had a grouchy voice coming out of Bill and a high pitched voice coming out of the other guy and the woman just kept saying over and over again how she loved orange.  Bill was so good at it.  It was really funny.

We headed to dinner and everyone was stopping and telling him how great he was.  Well it is late and I am going to sleep in tomorrow and finish more packing..... 

4 down 4 to go!

Good night and God bless

The internet is spotty so I will post more pictures tomorrow!