An early start today, up at 6 and at Anacortes by 7.30 for the car ferry over to Sidney (British Columbia, Canada). A pleasent 2-hour trip, winding through the San Jaun islands.
Once in Canada! where spelling is correct (centre!) and distances are metric, we drove down to Victoria. A very English town, which may or may not be just put on for the tourists.
We walked along the waterfront in the glorious sunny weather, around to Fisherman's Wharf, which may not be on the scale of the one at San Francisco, but it does have an interesting collection of permanent houseboats.
After a fish & chip lunch, we got the bikes and went for a ride on the "Galloping Goose" bike trail. It goes for 55km in total, though we only went to about the 15km mark. A great bike track, would love to do the full length if we had more time.
Later we went to the movies and saw "Superbad", which starred, among others, Michael Cera, who played George Michael Bluth in "Arrested Development". A very funny filum!
Finally, bangers and mash at the "Sticky Whicket" pub, washed down with a few beers.
A big day, I'm buggered...
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Hey Johnny, welcome to Canada! The spelling is indeed correct here... most of the time. Too bad you're not staying longer as there's much to do near fake Victoria (I don't disagree on your assessment, btw). Enjoy the trip-I'm more than a bit jealous of what you've got planned...
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