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24 Hours in Victoria, BC

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Thought I would finish up the story of our 24 hours worth of adventures in Victoria, British Columbia which I began sharing in the posts A Delightful Bead and Button Shop in Victoria, BC  and Smelling the Roses in Victoria, BC.

We visited John’s cousin in Bremerton, Washington in July 2025 and made an impromptu decision to take the ferry from Port Angeles, Washington to Victoria, British Columbia (Canada) for an overnight adventure.

The ferry ride was smooth until we crossed into Canadian waters and then it got pretty rough but luckily I had taken Dramamine for sea sickness and was okay.

I was pretty happy when the ferry docked after the 90 minute trip from Port Angeles to Victoria!

We stayed at the lovely Chateau Victoria Hotel and wandered around the Inner Harbour area/Downtown Victoria during our 24 hours in Victoria before taking the ferry the next day back to Port Angeles.

We had a lovely breakfast and delicious tea/coffee at Murchie’s Fine Tea & Coffee:

They had an amazing tea shop attached with lots of beautiful tea pots and tempting teas. I did bring some tea home!

We went to several “tourist trap” shops and John enjoyed having his photo taken in with various shop mascots:

We spent a couple hours at one of my favorite museums in the world the Royal BC Museum (where many years ago when I lived in Seattle and would visit Victoria, BC I saw the most amazing Leonardo DaVinci exhibit).

In front of one of my most beloved museums

We saw two wonderful exhibits: 1) Global Threads: The Art of Fashion of Indian Chintz; and 2) Beyond the Beat: Music of Resistance and Change.

John couldn’t refuse having his photo taken on the simulated musician stage with a guitar in hand at the Beyond the Beat exhibit:

We didn’t see 1/2 of what we wanted to see in Victoria and plan to visit next summer.

John fell in love with Victoria and we discussed visiting it every summer!

John has never been to Vancouver, BC and area I also love and we will also plan to visit Vancouver next summer too!

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19 thoughts on “24 Hours in Victoria, BC”

  4. Whew! What a whirlwind adventure! Fun!
    Your photos of the Beyond the Beat exhibit opens the door for me to openly ask the question that’s been ruminating on my mind for sometime – where’s this era’s/generation’s protest songs and social justice anthems? I’d love to hear them and see them in action – new and relevant to our times.
    All I hear (vaguely) are pop tunes of the usual flavor & focus and in my snobbish manner, I will say many truly sound the same…(I’m an older woman, I think I can get away with that last bit, eh?!)
    Enjoy your time before the holidays to rest up from all your SummerTravels! 🙂

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    1. “where’s this era’s/generation’s protest songs and social justice anthems? ” – I was thinking the same thing when I was at the exhibit because the time is as ripe as possible for such songs.
      Perhaps they are distracted by TikTok and celebrities and don’t have the passion that the previous generations had to use music as a form of protest…

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