Today we visited Victoria city on Vancouver Island. Victoria is the capital of British Columbia. The only access to the island is by ferry. We caught the 9 AM ferry, spent 1 1/2 hours on the water, then caught a bus downtown.
The first stop was the Parliament building. It was built in 1897 after several smaller buildings served the various functions of government. Each of the smaller buildings was built according to the style and interest of the time, which produced a hodge-podge called Bird Cages!
The legislative chamber is being remodeled, so this is the best I could do for a picture.
There is only one chamber, the Representatives. The desks were situated two sword lengths apart so that injuries wouldn't occur during contentious debates!
There are some stained glass windows in the building. This one commemorates the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria's reign
This was our lunch spot, the Sticky Wicket. I had bangers and mash, Carol had steak and mushroom pie, and both of us had a nice glass of ale. Yum!
Next was the Royal BC Museum. It is amazingly extensive. The Human History floor had numerous First Peoples items, totems, house posts, masks, and more. Unfortunately it was too dark to take non-flash pictures, the only sort allowed.
This is a replica of Mungo Martin's house in his coast tribe location. Martin was, I think, Charles Edenshaw's grandson. Both were famous carvers and artists.
These hanging baskets were on just about every street light downtown. They are colorful and vivid!
Tomorrow starts the return trip to Tucson.
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