A short time ago, Kevin and I celebrated our first anniversary in Victoria, B. C. (Our anniversary isn't actually until November 20th, so it was a bit early.) It was the perfect trip. That husband of mine did a fantastic job of planning our very first anniversary trip, our second vacation since being married.
After carefully budgeting and saving, we were able to drive up to Seattle on Thursday night to stay at the Edgewater Hotel. That place is swanky! It was here that I discovered the color coordination of my shoes and phone:
Very yummy breakfast!
So, we actually DID see orca whales on our way to B. C., but there was no way to get a good photo - so I took a photo of this pamphlet instead. Good stuff, eh?
We arrived in Victoria and set out on foot for the Hotel Grand Pacific. I highly recommend it!
For lunch we tracked down an Indian Curry restaurant. The food was okay, not great. A little too spicy, and pretty spendy for what you get. Instead of mints, they brought a bowl of candied fennel seeds to chew on.
They tasted like black licorice!
Saturday was spent watching Netflix, napping, and eating. The day before we picked up makings for peanut butter and jelly sandwiches at a 7-11 in town. That served as four of our meals while on vacation. Great way to save money!
For dinner we ate at Vic's Steakhouse. So. Good. I had a Tuscan burger. For dessert we walked over to the Harbour House for chocolate mousse. Yum. Yum. Yum!
On Sunday we walked all around town, enjoying a day without rain. Starbucks (pretty much guaranteed clean bathrooms!), lunch at Paradiso (a restaurant we found on Friday and decided to try later), Miniature World (so cool), walking around The Bay mall (that crap was expensive), and dinner at The Bard and Banker Scottish Pub (sweet potato fries, fish dippers, corn chowder).
Paradiso was DELICIOUS! And affordable. You really have to try it sometime.
This was a street busker we had to stop and watch for a bit. I mean, come on!
On a side note, the dip for the sweet potato fries was a ginger and lime mayo - I need to try to recreate it sometime!
For dessert we picked up chocolate truffles and walked back to our hotel to enjoy them. Our last night in Victoria gave us this view:
While we only had half a day on Monday, we walked around some more, enjoying our last hours of vacation.
Sam's Deli. Very tasty, and wallet friendly.
Steph, Jessi, does this bear look at all familiar to you?? :)
This was the only disappointing part of the trip. Mirage Coffee. Had a sign advertising coffee art. Noting my recent obsession with latte art, who can blame me for wanting to be served some while on vacation? This is what I got. Milk poured over espresso. No art. No attempt at art. Sad.
The trip was amazing. So incredibly relaxing. Miss it already. :)
We did miniature world, the wax museum and the Butchart Gardens. The Gardens were by faaaar the best!!! It was also our 1 year anniversary trip :)
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