Spring break fun

I remember when I was a little girl going downtown with my grandmother to Woodward's.  When Cheryl was small my mom took her downtown on the bus.  Cheryl had never been on a city bus.  She said to my mom "when does the lady bring your lunch"?   Cheryl had only been on airplanes and of course that's what she was referring to.  

Lexie never goes on public transport either as her mom and dad drive everywhere.  We took her on a few Skytrain trips instead of driving in the car.  She loved it!

Many years ago on Skytrain at spring break

This year for spring break we asked if she wanted to come to Victoria for the day.  She said she would enjoy it and the weather has not cooperated.  So on Thursday with a good weather forecast, off we went.  We parked at the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal and walked on the ferry.  When we arrived at Swartz Bay there are two buses into the city.  The number 70 is the express.  The number 72 takes the long route through Sidney and Saanich and ends at the Legislative Buildings.  We took the long route and were at the front of a double decker bus.  It was a beautiful trip.

After a nice lunch at the Old Spaghetti Factory in the former Crystal Gardens, we walked to the B C Legislature.  We joined the 2PM tour.  We've done it before but it was really nice to take Lexie.  Lots of children on spring break.

The legislature reconvenes on Monday

We went for a nice long walk along the waterfront and into the city.  It was a lovely spring day. 

The cherry blossoms were everywhere and lovely.  Lots of spring flowers too!

A big thumbs up to this fellow flying the Ukranian Flag.  Check out the horse and carriage in the intersection.

The Empress Hotel

You can't go to Victoria without a trip to Rogers Chocolates

We bought a nice box of chocolates for Lexie.  Then walked through Chinatown and back to catch us bus back to the ferry terminal.  This time we took the number 70 bus.  There was a lot of traffic problems and thanks for the ferry being 30 minutes late, we made the ferry back to Tsawwassen.