Misadventures of Mr Nut: Victoria BC ( Bring ( a lot of) Cash)

June 25-26, 2011

Hello loyal follower(s)

Saturday and Sunday we did Victoria BC (BC = Bring (lots of ) Cash). There was what was called the "Harmonizing Tax" in BC which was 14.25% on almost everything.

Mr Nut’s memory of the city from 1998 was slightly tainted, It seemed more British back then. The immediate area around the harbor was still neat, but get away from the harbor area and it was just another city.

Here are a few scenes from near the harbor.

Now the place where we stayed was really unique.

Cyndy in front of the eighteen room B&B, which was built in 1913 as a rooming house.

This was a panel of buttons for the eighteen rooms. They still work but are not used.

This common lounge was available for our use.

A different shot of the same lounge, the green did not show up well in this picture.

The sight of the creation of Mr Nut’s blogs for this area.

The breakfast area and the next two pictures were of some pictures on the wall painted by the owner’s daughter.

Now for the basics of life, eating. Again we tried local eating spots.

This hole in the wall Lebanese restaurant was the first BAD result of the trip. We both had a Shawarma wrap. It was two Mylanta meal.

The pink bicycle was another hole in the wall place, with one exception there were many people standing on the sidewalk waiting to get in Friday night that Mr Nut decided not to wait to get in. BIG MISTAKE, that was when we went to the Lebanese place. But we did go back to the The pink bicycle on Saturday evening (early). The menu was quite unique, and the food at least five star.

Cyndy leaving stuffed after the meal, as you can see it was a small place, probably seating less than forty people. Don’t be fooled by the mirrored wall.