Our family Christmas present from Oma and Opa this year was a two-night escape to one of my favorite little cities: Victoria, BC. We hopped on the ferry on Sunday afternoon from Tsawassen to Schwartz Bay. At Active Pass, we were so close to shore that we could see individual Christmas lights on the island houses.
As we unpacked in Victoria, Mom pulled out a surprise. A Christmas mug for each of us, wrapped in very cute aprons, and a whole box of our traditional sugar cookies with frosting! Normally the four of us would have frosted them weeks ago, but being all over the country means we almost missed out entirely. The evening was spent watching How to Train your Dragon and ingesting… er, sampling… copious amounts of sugary goodness.
In the morning we walked around the inner harbour to breakfast at Shine Cafe. It was cute, crowded, and wonderful. We were all rather ravenous and chilly from teh brisk breeze (not complaining, though - it held the clouds at bay!), and after a few cups of coffee, our wonderful breakfasts arrived. Omelettes, hashes, and for me, a full UK breakfast with mushrooms, toasted tomato, banger, eggs, and a delicious blood pudding!
The rest of our morning had no agenda, and we meandered into quilt shops, Murchie’s tea and coffee, Munro’s Books, finishing our Christmas shopping. Our wander back home took us through the Empress, where we checked out the festive Christmas trees, and into Parliament, where they had the biggest Christmas tree yet.
In the afternoon we had a girls date: West Coast High Tea at the Grand Pacific Hotel. It was so much fun to sit around, without distractions, and catch up with Mumsy and the sisters! It was dark when Dad picked us up and we walked to our horse drawn carriage for a Christmas light bedazzled tour of downtown.
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