Victoria BC Trip Fall 2009
IDS 101 Oh Canada

 

October 23-25, 2 nights

 

6 students (3 M, 3 F), 1 faculty member

 

 

Passport needed

"Know Before You Go"

Oct 23

6:30 am

Meet in lot next to Theater.
Leave WU, Salem, promptly

Vehicle BOOKED

 

12pm

roughly 300 miles – 5 hours to Port Angeles
snacks provided en route
route and map

 

2pm -arr 4:00pm

Coho Ferry from Port Angeles to Victoria

Black Ball Transport, Inc.

Port Angeles, Washington, USA

 

101 E. Railroad Ave

Port Angeles, WA, 98362

 

Tel: (360) 457-4491

FAX (360) 457-4493

or

Black Ball Transport, Inc.

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

 

430 Belleville St.

Victoria, BC V8V-1W9

 

Tel: (250) 386-2202

FAX (250) 386-2207

 

$280 plus $16 reservation CONFIRMED

 

 

 

 

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  Victoria, BC, Canada weather

 

400pm

BC Parliament

Tour before it closes if possible.

 

Queen Victoria Hotel and Suites

 

655 Douglas St


Victoria, BC V8V2P9 CA


800-738-3081

 View Map  Get Directions

 

4 x 2 Q/D
$690.24

Map of Victoria

 

Located in the heart of downtown Victoria, British Columbia, the smoke-free Queen Victoria Hotel and Suites is just steps from the Inner Harbor and Beacon Hill Park. The Royal BC Museum, the Parliament Buildings, waterfront transportation and the best of Victoria's downtown shopping, cultural and restaurant offerings are right here. 
The hotel features 146 spacious guestrooms and suites with kitchens. All guestrooms and suites have balconies, many with spectacular views of downtown and the harbor. Guests can start or end the day with an invigorating dip in the indoor pool or work out at the fitness center. The hotel offers complimentary wireless Internet access throughout the property.

 

 

Evening in Victoria

Dinner TBD

Oct 24

 

 

All Day in Victoria

Things to do
Museums

 

 

 

Royal BC Museum  

675 Belleville Street
Victoria, BC Canada
V8W 9W2 

Tel:  250-356-7226 
Fax: 250-387-5674

First Peoples Gallery Tour

Saturday, October 24, 2009

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Discover: Hand Made Pottery of Emily Carr

Saturday, October 24, 2009

1:15 PM - 1:45 PM

Modern History Gallery Tour

Saturday, October 24, 2009

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Adult - $15
Student w ID - $9.50

 

Victoria Bug Zoo,

631 Courtney Street, Victoria, BC, CANADA
ph.(250) 384-2847
Saturday and Sunday: 11AM to 5PM,

$8 each

Home to about 50 species of bugs, this offbeat, two-room minizoo houses the largest tropical insect collection in North America. You can even hold many of the varieties, which include walking sticks, scorpions, and centipedes.

 

Walk through:

The Fairmont Empress Hotel
721 Government Street 
Victoria,
British Columbia 
Canada 
V8W1W5

 

 

3.30pm

White Heather Tea Room

1885 Oak Bay Ave, Victoria  V8R 1C6
250-595-8020
Distance: ~3.168 km *

Everything made from scratch. Fine quality, loose leaf teas. White linens, fresh flowers. Afternoon Tea is served Tuesday-Sunday. Reservations recommended.

Tue-Sat 9:30am-5pm; Sun 10am-5pm 

Closed Sunday

 

Reserved for 7
The Not So Wee Tea  $17.95 per person.  
Plus gratuity
Cdn$125.65

 

 

Nightlife and more and more

 

Performance Creation Canada

Victoria hosts the next Performance Creation Canada gathering Oct 22-25 – a national meeting place for an open network of performance creators, presenters, audiences, students, and anyone who is interested in how new performance work is made and seen. VictoriaÕs theme is ÒD.I.Y.Ó
PCC

PCC schedule

 

900pm show

Maybe Giggling Iguana production of
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

CRAIGDARROCH CASTLE

1050 Joan Crescent

Victoria, British Columbia

Canada, V8S 3L5
2505925223 ext 31

Iguana has staged many site specific works at Craigdarroch Castle

Using the Castle grounds, rooms and landings as settings for the scenes, moving the audience from place to place as the eveningÕs story unfolds.

Tickets for 6 $150CDN plus 1 gratis cancel by 17th

Doors open at 8.50, lasts 1 hour

 

 

No Dinner because High Tea

Oct 25

900am

 

 

 

JohnÕs Place Restaurant

723 Pandora Ave.
Victoria, BC Canada - V8W 1N9

Tel: (250) 389-0711

Fax or Kitchen Phone: (250) 389-0799

Email: jccantin@shaw.ca

 

Centrally located to downtown yet a little off the beaten track, JohnÕs Place Restaurant has for 22 years been a favourite with locals.

 

  

   

Self-guided Walking tours

Fools Rush In

The clinking of glasses and the smell of canvas and horses - these were the rollicking times of the Gold Rush era.

 

Forbidden City

Tales from the secret city within the city - go back to when Canada's first Chinatown was born.

 

Happy Hauntings

Ghosts, ancestral spirits - expect the unexpected when you take this tour through the country's most haunted city.

 

Law and Disorder

Robbery, murder and deadly lovers' triangles - stories of criminals and Victoria's lawmen.

 

 

200pm- 12am

400pm leave Vic arr 6pm at Port Angeles then return to Salem