The day we got into Victoria, it was early afternoon and we had expected to arrive to rain and stormy weather, as it was pouring rain when we left Portland.  But in a nice turn of events, we arrived to Victoria in grey skies but not a drop of rain (which did in fact last the whole weekend.)  We arrived into downtown Victoria and checked into our lovely little boutique hotel which I’d highly recommend, the Hotel Rialto.  We got to our room, rested and unpacked for a bit and then got all bundled up to go out and explore (because even though there was no rain, the wind was freezing!)

Our first day there we walked through downtown toward the Harbor, past the famous old Empress Hotel (which was gorgeous) and then headed toward the Parliament building and then out toward the jetty on the harbor and had dinner out there, overlooking the water and the sea planes landing.

We saw some beautiful architecture, some gorgeous Fall colors and thoroughly enjoyed our time in Victoria.  Nick also did a blog post on our trip if you’re interested in checking it out here.  Here’s some snaps from our first day…