After 3 hours, we reached Victoria without any troubles. The weather was so beautiful with white clouds and blue sky. Victoria from a distant is a beauty with lots of hanging flowers baskets.
We walked to the Best Western Plus Inner Harbour; it only about 7 minutes. It has a small pool so we took William down there to cool him down a bit because he was crying when I was checking in at the front desk.
Then we walked to China Town to find something to eat for dinner; we ended up having dinner at Green Leaf Bistro, a Vietnamese restaurant. The food here is quite good, especially Pho and Hot & Sour Soup.
Just got off the V2V FerryIn front of Best Western Plus, ready to go to dinnerCheck in hotel, William always jumps to bed first.William loves the water but refused to leave this cornerChecking out the poolExplore the town
Walking to China townA gift shop in China townWilliam’s dinner is pizza, I bought from next door. He finished the whole slice by himself. Must be hungry!Fried noodle and veggie, looks good.Hot and Sour soup, very good.After dinner I took William and grandma & Tracy to go back to the hotel. Tim and Thân, Julie, Danny continue to explore the town.Tim loves his new t-shirt 🙂
Saturday 14, 2018 – V2V Ferry from Vancouver to Victoria. We got the good deal “Buy one get one free” royal tickets which include lunch and drink on board. This V2V company is new so there was not that many customers. They’re lucky to have our party of 28 people on board.
Checked out at the Holiday Inn hotel around 11 AM; and took a taxi to the Canadian Place where the V2V ferry departs (its location is right next to the Convention Center), which only 5 minutes away. The port is beautiful! Some of our group rented the bikes to ride along the port and they said it was a very beautiful ride. Too bad that it’s one way for the bikers so to finish the whole circle would take 45 minutes.
Walking along the water front
The ferry left at 1:00 PM so we didn’t have much time; we took William on a stroller and leisurely walked along the waterfront while feeding him a hot dog that Tim bought in the morning at a convenient store near by the Holiday Inn hotel. We checked in most of our luggage when boarding so we didn’t have to carry them along which is easier for us.
Boarding was easy and fast because there was not that many customers beside our big group of 28 people. The boat is new so everything is very clean; we got the window seat which William loves!
Soon after the boat left the port, they started to serve lunch. Because we bought Royal Customer ticket, we did not have to pay for lunch, drinks and snack (for beer you can order 1 time free of charge but after that you have to pay). I ordered for William Meat & Cheese; as soon as the dish was placed in front of him, he picked up the bread and ate it. He must be very hungry! Then he had some chocolate truffles and apple juice. But that’s all he ate, he refused to eat cheese or ham or potato salad.
3 hours on boat was smooth. The men in our group was having so much fun eating and drinking beers. Our group occupied the whole top level of the boat!
Watching the boatsThe Canadian trail, nice place to walk around in a hot summer day. Lots of restaurants around.William picked this whale from the V2V office and played with it ever since.Boarding V2V boat. That’s Tim carrying luggage ahead.William loves the windows!Lunch on the boat, foods is great, especially when it’s free :). Right: Danny, Grandma Tuyết, Tracy. Left: Tim, me & William.William and Meat and Cheese meal but he only ate bread & chocolate.William ate few slices of this breadPeople at this table enjoyed beers!2 colors of waterOpen Face SandwichMeat and CheeseAunt Julie and cousin Danny
V2V ticketsEnjoy the scenery as the ferry approaching Victoria island.
