{"id":3529,"date":"2025-07-06T10:37:23","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T18:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesimplehouse.com\/?p=3529"},"modified":"2025-09-09T13:33:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T21:33:23","slug":"victoria-2025-day-five","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thesimplehouse.com\/?p=3529","title":{"rendered":"Victoria 2025 | Day Five"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Friday was our actual anniversary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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First, we toured Parliament (we had not done that on our first trip to Victoria), walked to a coffee shop (and had awesome coffee), then over to Fisherman\u2019s Wharf for lunch. I\u2019m starting to eat fish, but the fish and chips for lunch (even though Brenda said they were good) were just \u201cmeh\u201d for me. But we did find a street vendor selling dried, pressed seaweed and kelp art that was beautiful. Our dining room pictures from New York in 2003 had faded, so we bought some replacements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I had made dinner reservations at an Italian restaurant (Il Terrazzo) that came highly recommended. I was glad, because they were packed. However, dinner was excellent and so was the service. There is an Il Terrazzo in Portland we liked as well, but they are not connected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Friday was our actual anniversary. First, we toured Parliament (we had not done that on our first trip to Victoria), walked to a coffee shop (and had awesome coffee), then over to Fisherman\u2019s Wharf for lunch. I\u2019m starting to eat fish, but the fish and chips for lunch (even though Brenda said they were good) … <\/p>\n

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