Tea and Cook Street ambles

Tea and Cook Street ambles

Day Two in Victoria starts with tea with my Dad. Then after lunch it was time to go for a walk up Cook Street past different apartments and houses to the workplace of an old classmate to head out of town to his house to watch a hockey playoff game with his family and...
The British Columbia Legislature after hours

Hello Victoria

Day one in Victoria BC on the west coast of British Columbia. I awaken on a futon in my Dad’s living room in Cook Street Village. This will be my base camp for the next two weeks in the capital region. Let’s start with amble downtown to see what we will...
The British Columbia Legislature after hours

Farewell to the mainland

Farewell to the mainland! Vancouver Island, here I come.   It takes approx. 1h 45m to cross the Salish Sea from the Tsawassen to the Swartz Bay ferry terminal.   The first section of the crossing is through the open waters of Georgia Strait.   Then you enter...
The British Columbia Legislature after hours

Across Vancouver

Food in the belly and sitting alongside a friend it is time to drive across Vancouver towards the ferry to Vancouver Island. Oh the things that we shall see, and the ways my mind will wander. Driving through the Greater Vancouver Regional District really gets me...