Weekend Getaway

We have had a busy couple of weeks and have been gone for the past  3 weekends. Though we had great adventures we are glad to slow down for a little bit. Three weeks ago I surprised David with a romantic weekend getaway to Victoria, B.C. We had talked about going somewhere for a babymoon before this baby is born and seeing as Aidan was 6 weeks early we wanted to make sure to do it before the end of the year. With some secret planning and a lot of help from our families I was able to plan a surprise trip for just the two of us. Somehow I even managed to keep David out of the loop until the night before.


We left early Friday morning and took the Victoria Clipper over to Victoria. Seeing as we took a passenger ferry we then were planning on spending the weekend without a car. Unfortunately the weather didn't quite agree with our plans and we spent most of the weekend walking around in the rain (hence the lack of pictures). Thank goodness for nice restaurants, coffee shops and cute stores to give us a break from the weather. We loved not having to cart around toys, snacks and various other toddler gear and took advantage of not having to be on a schedule.


We stayed at a lovely bed and breakfast (another perk to traveling without a toddler) and enjoyed an ocean view from our room.  The breakfast each morning was delicious and we loved being able to just walk downstairs and be served a hot meal.

Dashwood Manor- our Bed & Breakfast. Such a cool old house with lots of character!

We had a great time exploring the Craigdarroch castle.

The Parliament building at night

Overall we had a fantastic weekend! We both agree that Victoria is a great place to visit but would recommend going when the weather is nice. The rain really got in the way of our plans to see Buchart Gardens and some of the other tourist sights. Sunday night after a long, rocky boat ride we were pretty excited to get back to see Aidan. However, I think he had such a good time with his Nana that he didn't really notice we were gone.