Our life in Victoria has centered around settling back into real Canadian life.
At first it was living in a Hostel out of the backpacks we know all to well. When our computer crashed the day before Matt's classes started, we just picked the best place that we viewed in the last few days which turned out to be jackpot (more on our kick-ass place later).
A few of the main events that we managed to check out in Vic, between decorating our new place, finding jobs, and studying for midterms, were the Victoria Day parade, Oak Bay Tea Party, and The Fernwood Art Stroll.
The parade was truly representative of Victoria. The town crier lead the procession with the Scottish Piping Regiment and a bunch of antique fire trucks. Then came the Asian influence with those crazy Chinese Dragon Dancers and.... look its Korea!!!
We got a bit board after about an hour or so, went for coffee, came back 3 hours later, and the parade was still parading! Later we were told that this years parade was smaller then the previous years due to the poor economy.
There wasn't much tea at the Oak Bay Tea Party but there was a lot of fair food- mmmm... mini donuts.... Haven't seen you in 4 years!!!
Alissa and I though everything was a bit cheesy so we decided to go for a nice walk along the beach and up a cliff to view the city... nice.
We caught some good live bands in the back drop of hundred year-old buildings at the Fernwood Art Stroll. We shut the beer tent down. It was a good night.
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