We’re nearing the end of the cruise here. Victoria is the last stop before we board back in Seattle and have a half day before our flight to wander around.
Day 8 At Sea
Day 8 was back on the boat. The night before all the way to mid day of Day 8 at sea, the tides were ridiculous. The ship rocked like crazy. I didn’t end up eating a lot for breakfast or lunch but still more than the previous days since not eating is not really something that lasts too long. Especially since I was working out a whole lot along with a lot of walking during the shore excursions and around the boat to fill up time. Day 8 at sea was the final bit. It was the goodbyes because some people departed in Victoria (mostly Canadians living on the West coast) and there was a ton of farewells at dinner and for the last show. During the day, I enjoyed some of the nice weather and did one more time of the hot tubs and went to workout two times. I remember those days since I rarely do that back at home 😉 Oh and to not focus on the rocking ship in the morning, we played a bit of mahjong. I was literally tracked down at the gym at the beginning of my workout and asked to join in their mahjong game. It was kind of funny.
We had our last dinner on the cruise over at the Tsar’s Palace.
My mom and I also dressed up a little so that we could take some pictures with the professional photographers to keep some memories. Unfortunately, I think there’s like some copyright thing that I can’t post that up or whatever so just to be safe, I’ll keep it for my own decoration. We did take some nice pictures around the ship.
Day 9 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
This trip seems a whole lot going in and out of Canada and then finally landing back home in Canada of course. It was one of the things that had us baffled with all the going in and out of borders of what to put on our customs papers when we were leaving. Either way, I’ve been to Victoria before on a bus tour with my mom back in 2009 (or so). This time, I really wanted to meet up with one of my friends who moved out here. Crazy thing is that my phone’s battery decided to die on that same day. When we landed, I frantically went searching for a Fido store but I own a Samsung Galaxy S3 so of course, no replacement batteries anymore since everyone’s using the S4 or S5. I did manage to write down her number before the phone died completely and borrowed the phone there. Stressful and crazy, yes. At least, the phone worked when it was on charge so I was able to contact the fiance when I got to the airport the next day give him the landing info again. But, we’re not there yet.
I did meet up with my friend and her and her husband took us to Butchart Gardens for a nice walk to see the different flowers of ending of Spring heading almost into summer flowers. If you haven’t been to Butchart Gardens, that place is gorgeous. We were in between seasons and the flowers were great but still, its designed so well.
We had dinner afterwards at the Victoria harbor area at this cute little restaurant called The Flying Otter Grill. That place had great service and some really good food. It also felt good to not be eating on the ship and be with friends.
After that we took a walk around the area and took some pics along the harbor and the legislative building before having them drive us back to where the port for where cruise ships are.
And with that, we’re back on the ship and packing up and prepping for disembarkment tomorrow in Seattle the next morning! 🙂
A beautiful cruise comes to an end!
**I’ll be doing a little recap and feelings about the first cruise experience with the next week’s post along with the half day at Seattle.**
Have you been to Victoria, BC? How about Butchart Gardens?
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