Today we spent the day walking around the city of Victoria, BC as our first "day of recovery". (I think the tally is at ~150 miles, ~10000 calories expended, and 7000' of climbing over 4 days) We need this day.
The city is full of young people traveling much the way that we are. Some appear to be backpacking a few touring but all o them are here to soak up the beautiful weather and enjoy a wonderful day. For a smallish city the culture is vibrant. The are street performers, lots of live acoustic music, and a rich combination of nationalities. I am pretty sure that I heard French, Dutch, and Mandarin, inaddition to the varios flavours of English on the streets.
It is hard to gauge what it would be like to live is in a city like this. For the most part we stayed the touristy area of downtown with its $6.00 milkshakes and upscale trendy food joints, but you still get the feeling that Victoria has much more to offer than just a seasonal retreat.
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