Vancouver to Victoria, Sunday

Bus, bus, ferry, bus, walk.  That's the short version and pretty much sums it up.  From the train/bus station in Vancouver you get on a bus which drives 30-45 minutes to the ferry, drives on the ferry.  The ferry takes 1.5 hours, back on the bus for the 30 minutes to Victoria.  About 10 blocks to the hotel.  

Since it was not raining, we got on a different bus for another 30 minute ride to Butchart Gardens.  The gardens are extensive with a Japanese garden, Italian garden, sunken garden, rose garden and more.  We wandered from one magnificent garden to the next for the next 2 or so hours.

Sunken gardens below.

The gardens are on the site of a spent quarry and were planned and planted over several years by the wife of the owner of the quarry.  The gardens have been opened by the same family for 4 generations, each one adding to and improving the garden.