Thursday, 22nd December 2016

We enjoyed a later start to our day today - breakfast at about 8.30am. Then we packed our cases ready for collection and headed out for a wander over to the Convention Centre to take another look at the Christmas display and get more pics. (They are on my camera that I accidentally left on the ferry as we crossed from the mainland to Vancouver Island. I am happy to say the camera was handed in and I will get it back on 24th December)!!!

After an earlyish lunch we headed to the lobby of the hotel to wait for our coach to take us to Vancouver Island. It was about an hour to Tsawwassen where we caught the ferry to the Island. The crossing was very smooth and took about 1hour 45 minutes. Once on Vancouver Island, we headed to the Butchart Gardens. It was dark by the time we arrived and the Christmas light display there was absolutely brilliant! 

But our first stop at Butchart Gardens was one of the restaurants for a beautiful dinner! 

The meal was very delicious - we had a salad starter, followed by Wild Salmon for me, Pork for Keith and Chicken for Ali & Ashleigh. We finished with Home Made Petit Fours - yum! 
It certainly was time for a walk after that dinner! So we headed out to check out the Christmas light display around the gardens. Included was displays for each of the 12 Days of Christmas. 

So not all the pics came in order, but they are all there. We really enjoyed the wander around the Gardens and the girls and I had another Carousel ride. 

All the animals on the carousel are hand carved. There are some really cute ones there too! 

We left the gardens just after 8.30pm and headed for the hotel in Victoria, arriving just after 9pm. The view from our window is absolutely magnificent! The Legislative Building is always lit up but at Christmas time, they add green and red lights. There are 3,333 lights on the building!

Hope you are enjoying travelling with us!

Doreen