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Second Day in Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
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This was a quiet day, touring around this part of Vancouver Island. The tourist map shows a “scenic marine highway” from where we are (close to Butchart Gardens) back to downtown Victoria. Actually, it was a series of roads, running through neighborhoods and changing
names and direction often. We made the wrong turn several times but, with a little trial and error, we got
there.
Much of the waterfront along the way was privately owned but we did stop and
explore a public beach, which was quite nice. As we got closer to the city, we were mostly “drive-by touring” as there weren’t many places to stop on the narrow and twisting Beach Street. The homes were big and lovely but even the yards of modest homes were filled
with flowers and rock gardens. I don’t know what kind of winters they have here but they make the most of summer.
The Inner Harbour is the governmental and commercial heart of the city. Victoria is the seat of government for British Columbia, similar to a state
capitol in the United States. We were surprised to learn that because we would have expected the
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