From West to East
Here we go: my first time traveling alone since 2006 when I was three weeks in Australia alone. My conclusion from then was that traveling alone is not for me. But who else has 9 months off and can just travel around? So here I am, on my way to Victoria on Vancouver Island. I have to admit, there is a bit of a cheat in it, because after 2 days alone, I will spend a long weekend with Jess :-) So my short summary of Victoria: nice place, unfortunately a lot of rain, and my first attempt in putting this Canadian chitchattyness into practice. I did a whale watching trip which was nice, I saw a lot of humpbacks, unfortunately no Orcas. But I usually love being on a boat, so that worked out well and the weather was on my side as well. My funniest Victoria story: I met a German girl who had 95% the exact same plan like me for the next 5 days. Including the rental of a Hertz car and the same flight 5 days later from Vancouver to Montreal. So we walked together to the rental car place and I dr...