126. Victoria Series: Butchart Gardens

After wandering and sightseeing for a bit around downtown Victoria, we hopped onto the bus to do some more sightseeing at the Butchart Gardens.

They also had "The Twelve Days of Christmas" set up with the characters throughout a trail of some sort around the gardens. It was fun trying to find them all. Although I only have pictures for some of them, the only ones we didn't manage to find were the partridge in a pear tree (which we thought was always "porridge in a pear tree" when we were kids) and the twelve drummers drumming.

I think showing the pictures accompanied by the lyrics to the song and having you sing out loud while reading this would only be appropriate for the holidays. But, of course, starting from the twelfth one.

On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me...

Twelfth drummers drumming,

Eleven pipers piping,

Ten lords-a-leaping,

Nine ladies dancing,

Eight maids-a-milking,

(Even though they're not really doing anything but surrounding the cow and looking terrified)

Seven swans-a-'swanning' (just kidding, it's) swimming,

Six geese-a-laying,

Fiiiiiive golden rings!

Four calling birds,

(They were actually on their respective phones... calling... their bird friends... so punny - love it.)

Three French hens,

(See the Eiffel Tower in the background? So French.)

Two turtle doves,

And a partridge in a pear tree!

125. Victoria Series: Arriving in Victoria

Once we arrived in Victoria, we checked-in then went out again to grab a quick lunch. After that, we just walked around downtown until it was time to leave for Butchart Gardens.

124. Victoria Series: Travelling to Victoria

We went on a little trip to Victoria for two days, one night and it was an amazing trip. There were parts of Victoria that reminded us of Vancouver, but just a few things were different. For one, it was downsized. Less of a busy city, but more calm and relaxing. Everything downtown was within walking distance and wasn't too far away. Moreover, the people. The people in Victoria were the nicest bunch of people I have ever met so far. They were friendly and helpful, and shop owners and waitresses all had a great energy to them. It didn't seem fake and it was easy to converse with them.

We got to Victoria by ferry and it was quite exciting since it has been a while when I was last on the ferry - four years to be precise.