blogging in victoria

i am lying in bed in victoria as i write this. victoria is BEAUTIFUL. my mom kept saying, 'ay mas maganda dito kesa sa vancouver!' and i have to agree. maganda talaga. i'm very happy my husband agreed to go here instead of whistler...i'm sure it's gorgeous there, too, but i don't know what would be out there for us to see since paul is the only one who's into winter sports.

while in vancouver yesterday, we went to pinpin for lunch...filipino-chinese restaurant daw...filipino restaurant, period! pero ang sarap! i was very happy with our meal with the whole family. unfortunately, the rest of the clan didn't get to enjoy vancouver kasi yung kotse ng mga kamag-anak naming ayaw tumawid ng canada, nasira. so to the rescue ang ibang relatives. kami diretso gala kasi we have hotel reservations that we couldn't cancel.

we went to stanley park and granville island. maganda ang stanley park, the biggest 'city' park in north america i think. it was huge. we were getting lost just trying to get in to the parking lot kasi ibang bansa nga so medyo hindi kami familiar sa mga signs and what not. plus we don't know the difference between a blinking green and a solid green traffic light.

i realized during this trip that there are only two things that matter to my daughter when it comes to destinations: playground and a beach. it does not matter where in the world it is, these are the two places that make her really excited. nagkataon sa stanley park, the playground is right next to a beach, so she hit two birds with one stone. she's behaved rather well during this trip. it has been smooth since saturday and yesterday...kanina lang medyo she had her moments but overall, she's doing great.

granville island was alright. it's sorta like pike place. naglakad lakad lang kami and had dinner. no real highlight and we were dead tired na so we went back to our hotel and we were all asleep by 8 pm.

today we made the trip to victoria and wrestled through canadian traffic...driving here is interesting...it's a whole new blog entry! i will save that for later.

today we've already hit the parliament building, the empress hotel and the craigdarroch castle. lahat kasi yun malapit lang dito sa hotel namin so madaling puntahan. tomorrow we go to butchart gardens and the butterfly garden. i have a feeling michelle will enjoy it. =D