3rd Day in Victoria B.C. Canada

On our 3rd day we awoke to beautiful Victoria.  As we drove around the area, we caught a wonderful view of the Olympic Mountains.  This view was so breathtaking that we had to pull over to have a camera moment.  The pictures below display these mountains; although I am not sure these images do it justice.

After our moment of being humbled, we drove over to the town of Victoria and just parked so we could walk.  We began our jaunt to the Parliament building....BEAUTIFUL!  The Parliament is home to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.  Needless to say, lots of decisions are made in this building.  The construction of this building began in 1893 and was completed I believe in 1897.  In front of the building is a statue of Queen Victoria.  She was the monarch of United Kingdom, Britain empire and Ireland.  She was given the thrown at the age of 18 (When she was born, she was 5th heir).  She ruled for 63 years which is the longest in history.  Wow!  

We headed over to the Fairmount Empress Resort, which has served many celebrities and royalties and is one of the oldest hotels in Victoria.  Authors such as Rudyard Kipling stayed here.  One of the most beautiful aspects of the hotel was the victorian style tea room.  You can just envision people from many years before having tea and talking about whatever may be going on in the world at the time.  It really takes you back for sure.  I also heard that Shirley Temple came to this resort many times.  Rumor has it that she ran away to stay here.  Who knows, just a rumor.  While here, Aniston got her first Porcelain mini tea set.

We walked along the water and then went back to the car. We took Aniston to Beacon Hill park, but on the way we saw another beautiful view (camera moment) of the Olympic Mountains. While at the park, Aniston went through petting zoo and she LOVED it.  She got to pet many different animals and she fell in love with the Pygmy goats.  Actually, I think we all fell in love with them.

  We then went to a bistro that was way expensive (not unusual for Canada) and had a nice lunch.  We went back to the hotel and put our feet up until dinner. 

At dinner, we went to the Flying Otter on the water.  This was a great meal along with great service.  At the end of the night, mom told Dwayne and I to go out and explore more of Victoria.  We did for about an hour, got Aniston and then went to bed.  Again, this jet lag thing is for real.