A long travel day ahead. Didn’t sleep too well as was too uptight. Up early and drove to Victoria with no problems. Dropped the car off, picked up a taxi and got to the ferry terminal with plenty of time to spare for the next boat. Dropped the two big cases off which was a relief – didn’t fancy taking them up into the lounge.

It’s a beautiful sail through loads of islands.

Docked at Tsawwassen, picked up the cases and got onto a bus. Great service but we did have to stand and stop our cases rolling around. Then changed to the Skytrain which took us to the waterfront station where we took another taxi to the Pinnacle Hotel. Hadn’t realised when we booked but we have stayed here before when we first came to Vancouver. I remember the restaurant at the top which revolved. We ate there once and there were only a couple more people eating so they made a real fuss of us and kept giving us different wines to try. A wonderful night but not so good when we had to drive to the ferry and on to Parkesville next day!

Had a nice lunch and some white sangria. It had to be done, I really needed to relax.

Unpacked and then went out for a walk. Ended up sitting down in a bar and, guess what, another sangria. You could really taste the brandy in this one!! I was certainly relaxed after those two sangrias!

Then walked around the harbour. It is such a busy place with cruise ships, float planes, and ferries.

And some wildlife

 

this guy was living his best life!!

Tired after all this excitement so stopped off at an Irish pub where I enjoyed a coffee and some leek and potato soup.

Then back to the hotel for a relaxing bath and to chill out.