More Exploring in Victoria, Canada

My dad and I drove from Portland, Oregon to Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and to Seattle, Washington, in May 2012.

Today my dad and I had breakfast in the hotel restaurant again (I had pancakes rather than a waffle), because my dad didn’t want to walk all the way to Murchie’s before backtracking to the Royal BC Museum, which is only about two blocks from the hotel. Inn.

We stayed at the Royal BC Museum from 10 am to 2:30ish. That includes not only exploring the First Nations exhibits and the Century Hall and the Old Town (in other words, the entire third floor) but also visiting the two gift shops and the café (where I had a berry smoothie, a veggie calzone, a little bit of my dad’s salad, and one half of my dad’s carrot cake). We bought nothing at either gift shop. I’ve noticed that my dad is very enthusiastic about shopping, much more so than I. I get into it if it’s book shopping or wandering around an art gallery, but sometimes I lose patience with shopping long before my dad does.

We wandered downtown, which was full of pedestrians. Tour guides had several booths set up on the sidewalk in front of the Empress Hotel.

We went to the arts and crafts fair on the street — or rather, spread throughout three alleys. I especially liked fairies carved from driftwood, The artist is Debra…