Victoria, BC

Our stay in Victoria was a wet affair. After arriving via the Greyhound bus, we walked with full packs to our airbnb which was quite tiring. The annex was really cool, we had our own kitchen and living room. Downtown Victoria is a fairly small place and was nice to see all the old stone buildings. The place looks very British, but then it would seeing as it's a British colony. After chilling out for the first night we decided to visit the parliament building and after handing over Maddie's two knives to the police, we were allowed in! Parliament was in session so we stayed for the P.Q's which was interesting, but then quickly got annoying with all the jeering and banging on tables from the two sides. It felt like we were back at school. We also did a brewery tour and visited about 3 or 4 over the course of a day. This was really cool and a nice way to get out of rain. On the 3rd day we had booked a Zodiac boat to go out and see the whales, but this was cancelled due to the fact not enough people had the guts to get on the zodiac boat, pfffft! Anyway, we eventually got out there on the big boat and could see the USA on one side and Canada on the other. Our sole purpose was to see whales (esp killer whales). As we had rain gear on we ran straight for the front of the boat, Maddie had warned me to put layers on 'it'll be freezing out there' she said. 'it'll be fine, the sun's out' I replied. Well we barely got out of the harbour and the rain started and then the wind picked up! The layers came on! Maddie's correct again. We didn't see much at the start and then we started to see the spouts of the humpback whales. It really was amazing. One in particular got a bit agitated and did a side roll at the boat kicking a big wave up. It was awesome to watch, but left me feeling a little annoyed with the captain for getting too close and provoking the whale. When the whale watching was finished we visited a lovely bar and also the library. We took a taxi boat to the old harbour and looked at the old house boats before retiring back to the annex. Victoria is a beautiful city that can be done in a few days. Highly recommend a visit!Read more