Victoria BC

We are spending the night in Victoria. Its streetscapes are pleasing with dignified early 20 th century buildings and lamppost flower boxes.

 Our hotel, the Empress, must have wowed the Edwardian travellers.

The House of Parliament impresses

And Captain Cook at time of writing is still revered. Something to do with the exit to a North West passage. And the Canadians seem to have made peace with those they now call First Nations.