Nothing very exciting this day but a day of contrasts.
We headed into Victoria with the intention of spending some time in the government / museum area. It was the first work day back from "BC Days" holiday for the city. Possibly because of that there was no parking to be found for blocks around the area. Neither one of us felt like walking much so we headed the rent car up towards the ferry to Tsawwassen. Long wait for the ferry there and lots of traffic from Tsawwassen up into Vancouver but all incident-free.
One afternoon at the B&B, we had chatted with a couple on vacation from Hawaii. Who knew the people who live in Hawaii needed to take vacations! They had just come from a few days in Vancouver and had turned up a magic code that got us rooms at the Hyatt downtown for less than half the rack rate.
The room was very nice and about as much of a contrast from the B&B as you can imagine. From 19th century antiques at the B&B to 21st century modern in the Hyatt.
We had been eating these multi-course. expensive, late meals up to this point and both needed something a little more basic. We had fish and chips and a beer in a food concourse across from Canada Place. Back at the hotel we had the concierge set us up for a bus tour of the city and a trip up to Whistler mountain. More on that later.
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