The 3rd Stop: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. As advertised, Victoria boasts beautiful historic buildings and absolutely stunning flower gardens. Not a bad scenery either, as there's an ocean or mountain - or both! - peeking around every corner. City's British ancestry is apparent in the double-decker buses, horse-drawn carriages and traditional tearooms. For me, the highlight was the magnificent Butchart Gardens in Brentwood Bay. For the Kids, I bet the Beacon Hill Park and it's petting animal farm with those two teeny-weeny under 24-hours-old piggies and a goatling Tootsie jumping on my shoulder! (That really being a new experiment for me also...)