Day 25 of our 50 day holiday overseas.
I am writing this in our room at Ramada on the edge of a very busy Seattle. Victoria the capital of British Columbia is quite small and our apartment for 3 nights was brand new and located in the centre of the CBD, but without parking, but we managed to get a spot outside the front door and fed the meter.
At the nearby Unsworth winery they were totally oblivious to a Barry Unsworth and like the former NSW premier they too had never heard of Penfold Grange.
After the winery we re-visited the little cafe out over the water at Mills Bay and followed it up with a tour of the city taking pictures of the surrounding waterways looking across to the USA and Mt Baker which you can see, although it is over 100 miles away.
From tomorrow (Friday) we will be on the Explorer of the Seas and out of wi-fi range until we arrive in Honolulu on Friday week and Mauii the following day. Probably swallow our pride and get a coffee fix at Starbucks along with emails etc.
(I have made it my life’s ambition to teach the SB’s baristas how to make a long black. An ‘Americano’ in an 8oz cup, two shots and only fill with water to the half-way mark. Works every time with crema as proof of success.
There has been a development in our trip across the peaceful sea; for KimJong-un is planning to detonate an hydrogen bomb above the Pacific, sometime soon. While we have dodged mad terrorists in Edmonton and Las Vegas it seems we may have a Pyongyang moment before arriving home.
All our love and see you soon…
P.S. we arrive in Sydney 6am Sunday October 29 and we’ll get off about 9am.
Mum at the Mills Bay cafe (model dressed by Talbots) her favourite store.
Barry who?
Panorama toward the east and Mt Baker
A good shot of Mt Baker over 100 miles away. What superb weather!
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