Victoria BC – tierneycreates

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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Smelling the Roses in Victoria, BC

September 19, 2025September 19, 2025 tierneycreates: a fusion of textiles and smiles

More on our 24 hours in Victoria, British Columbia in July (which I began sharing in the post A Delightful Bead and Button Shop in Victoria, BC ), but today is a brief post on our delightful “floral experience” in Victoria.

In front of the Parliament building is a gorgeous rose garden.

If you remember from my post Agriculture Report: “I Never Promised You a Rose Garden”, John loves roses and dreams of a big rose garden someday like his beloved grandfather had.

Well he was in heaven in the rose garden in front of Victoria’s Parliamentary building!

Here are some photos of the other beautiful roses/rose bushes that we spent time admiring:

As it was July it appeared everything was in bloom in this glorious Pacific Northwest City!

In addition to roses there were flowers all about the Inner Harbour section of Victoria, BC.

It’s such a beautiful place and I was so happy to return again after so many years. John and I now plan to visit every summer, he fell in love with Victoria (maybe it was the roses…).

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A Delightful Bead and Button Shop in Victoria, BC

September 16, 2025September 17, 2025 tierneycreates: a fusion of textiles and smiles

Well we’ve finished up the endless saga of our Wyoming, South Dakota, and Nebraska it’s time for a craft shop post – this time in Victoria, British Columbia!

In early July John and I headed to Washington state to visit his cousin who lives in Bremerton, Washington. On a whim we decided, as long as we were in the Pacific Northwest to add to our trip a visit to Mt. Rainer National Park, and an overnight visit to Victoria, BC which I’ve visited several times before (and absolutely love) via the Black Ball Ferry Line out of Port Angeles, Washington.

More on this Pacific NW adventure in future posts, but for now let’s focus on the fabulous time I had exploring the Button & Needlework Boutique in the Downtown/Inner Harbour section of Victoria, BC.