Monday, June 27, 2022

Thursday - Victoria, British Columbia

Our last port of call was not that far away from Vancouver - Victoria, the capital of the Canadian province of British Columbia.

We glided in along the channel where, once again, the border between the US and Canada was along the middle.

Victoria was a truly beautiful place.  We had a coach tour out to the renowned Butchart Gardens and we were then dropped off in the city centre where we enjoyed a few hours of sightseeing before catching a shuttle bus back to the ship.

The cruise - and our time in Canada - was nearly over.

























































































And then we went into the city centre ....


Photos from the coach window



New bridge ....























Provincial parliament building
















The Empress Hotel - built just after Queen Victoria died

















Inside the Empress Hotel











And finally ....

Instead of landing at around 2pm London time, we landed around 5pm and we were glad that we had a room booked at the Premier Inn to get our ...