Day 2 Victoria

The Royal BC Museum was much smaller than the Royal Ontario Museum.  It was not as impressive but it had its own unique features that made it worthwhile to me.  The Royal Ontario Museum had thousands of stuffed animals displayed from all over the world.   The Royal BC museum focused on animals that live in BC and made them more life-like.  I felt like I was on the beach in one exhibit or in the woods during another.  It also had a small town inside of it and a lovely section on native cultures.  Their special exhibit on dog sledding through the artic was not exciting at all.  The special exhibit is not included in your CAP entry and personally I would skip the special exhibit.

The Royal BC Museum is right next to the BC Parliment building.

It's also very close to the Emily Carr House ($6.75)

The Emily Carr House was cute and quante and familiarized me with the history of Emily Carr.  I had never heard of her prior to visiting Victoria.  So if I learned anything on this trip, it was who was Emily Carr.   Emily Carr is a famous author and painter, from a wealthy British family.  She lived in the late 1800s to the mid 1900s and her work was heavily inspired by nature and the native people of British Columbia.   The home was filled with Emily's things.  It really looked like some lovely old lady lived there which I enjoyed.  If you want to read more about Emily Carr check out this link.  I would rate this a 3.5/5.  It is not a must see, but it is an informative historic home.


I walked back from the Emily Carr house and decided on stopping by the Pacific Undersea Gardens. It ended up costing around 12.50 with tax, and was recommended to me by a cab driver.  My opinion is that it's a dirty old boat with windows that let you look out onto the Victorian seabed. The neatest thing was probably the crabs.  I had never really watched crabs walk around before.  The rest wasn't amazing.  There was a dive show.  The diver comes around and picks up animals like octopuses and star fish and someone announces information about each one.  I did learn about how starfish eat...which was disgusting and not much different than an octopus. There were kids screaming through out the dive show which made it hard to hear the information.  I have a kid so I understand but this made it less enjoyable to me.  It was also a bit dirty so you didn't see the animals that well.  I might be spoiled by the Montreal Biodome.  This definitely looks like it might be more geared to young kids.  I would take my daughter.  However as an adult  I can't say I enjoyed it nor that I recommend it.  2/5