Victoria, BC, Kanada. Ke noʻonoʻo ʻoe i kēia kūlanakauhale, he aha ka manaʻo? Inā manaʻo ʻoe i nā pua, ka wā maikaʻi, a me nā poʻe aloha, pololei ʻoe! Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i kēia mau mea āpau ma ʻaneʻi – a ʻoiaʻiʻo nō hoʻi i ka wā hoʻoilo. Ua kaulana ʻo Victoria no kona mau paka a me nā hiʻohiʻona nani o ka moana, a ʻo ke anuanu o ka hoʻoilo e hiki ai ke hauʻoli i nā ʻano hana like ʻole, ke ao a me ka pō.
E noi i nā poʻe Victorian maoli no nā manaʻo no nā wahi e hele ai a me nā mea e hana ai a hauʻoli lākou e paipai i kā lākou mau wahi punahele. Aia ma lalo iho kekahi o kā mākou koho kiʻekiʻe.
E ʻike hou aku e pili ana i ke ola ma Victoria me kā mākou alakaʻi i kekahi o nā hana hoʻoilo maikaʻi loa e hāʻawi ʻia e ke kūlanakauhale.
1. Na Kihapai Butchart
He mea pono e ʻike ʻia kēia māla pua kaulana i kou kipa ʻana iā Victoria. He ʻili pōhaku mua ia i hoʻololi ʻia me ke aloha i ka wā lōʻihi i ʻāina nani o nā tausani o nā pua a me nā kīhāpai kumuhana.
Wehe ia i ka makahiki a puni, a loli nā pua ma muli o ka manawa o ka makahiki. Ma ke kau Kalikimaka, mai ka lā 1 o Kekemapa a i ka lā 6 o Ianuali, ʻO nā kumu lāʻau Butchart ua hoʻonani ʻia i nā kukui Kalikimaka, a he mea kupanaha maoli ke ʻike. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hauʻoli i ka heʻe ʻana ma ka loko iʻa waho, e hoʻolohe ana i nā mele mele, a e ʻai a i ʻole kahi kokoleka wela ma kekahi o nā hale kūʻai kope a i ʻole hale ʻaina.
Hiki ke kiʻi ʻia ma ke kaʻa a me ke kaʻa a wehe ʻia mai ka hola 9 am a i ka hola 9 pm.
2. Hōʻike ʻia ʻo Gingerbread ma The Parkside Hotel and Spa
I kēlā me kēia makahiki, kēia ʻohi kālā no Hoʻoikaika no ke kanaka wehe ʻia i ka lehulehu mai Nov 16 - Jan 5. He hōʻike leʻaleʻa ia o nā mea hana gingerbread no nā poʻe o nā makahiki āpau e hauʻoli ai. Loaʻa i nā mea hana ʻoihana gingerbread pae ʻoihana, a me nā hoʻokomo ʻohana maʻamau.
ʻO ka maikaʻi o nā mea a pau, manuahi ke kipa ʻana i kēia mea hoʻokipa. Inā makemake ʻoe e koho i kāu hana punahele, hiki iā ʻoe ke uku i kahi haʻawina liʻiliʻi, e kākoʻo ana i ka Habitat for Humanity i kā lākou mau pahuhopu e kōkua i nā ʻohana haʻahaʻa e loaʻa nā hale kūpono.
Aia ia ma ka Hale Hōkele Parkside ma ke kikowaena o ke kaona o Victoria, a ua wehe ʻia mai ka hola 9 am a i ka hola 9 pm.
3. Holo kaa lio
He ala maikaʻi kēia hana kaulana a ʻokoʻa e ʻike ai i nā alanui o ke kaona o Victoria.
Holo kaa o Tally-Ho hana mai 11am a 7pm i kēlā me kēia lā mai ke kikowaena o ke kūlanakauhale, a hāʻawi i nā ʻano huakaʻi like ʻole. Hiki iā ʻoe ke koho mai 30 a 90 mau minuke holo, ma nā kaʻa i huki ʻia e nā lio nui nani Clydesdale, Percheron, a me Belgian. Hoʻokele ʻia nā kaʻa e nā alakaʻi ʻaʻahu aloha, nāna e hāʻawi i kahi moʻolelo kikoʻī o nā pūnaewele āu e ʻike ai ma kāu huakaʻi. E lawe mai i nā mīkina lima a me ka pāpale e mahana ai!
4. Holo hau
ʻO kekahi o nā haʻuki ʻāina o Kanada, ʻo ka hau hau he mea leʻaleʻa a maikaʻi hoʻi.
Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i hoʻāʻo iā ia, no ke aha e hele ʻole ai i kekahi o nā kahua pāʻani a puni ʻo Victoria? Hale Leʻaleʻa Panorama, Save On Foods Memorial Center, Hale Leʻaleʻa ʻO Oak Bay, a GR Pearkes Hale Lealea hāʻawi nā mea āpau i nā koho skating lehulehu i nā lā a me nā ahiahi.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻolimalima i nā kāmaʻa kāmaʻa a me nā mahiole (i manaʻo nui ʻia no ka palekana), no ka uku liʻiliʻi. Hoʻonani ʻia ka nui o nā pā heʻe i ka wā Kalikimaka me nā kukui nani a me nā kumulāʻau Kalikimaka, a e lohe ʻoe i nā mele Kalikimaka e pāʻani ana i nā manawa heʻe lehulehu.
Inā makemake ʻoe e koʻikoʻi e pili ana i ke aʻo ʻana i nā mākau skating, hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i kekahi mau haʻawina pilikino me nā kumu aʻo i aʻo ʻia. E ho'āʻo i kēia haʻuki, ʻaʻole ʻoe e minamina!
5. Nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni Imax ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Royal BC
Inā ʻaʻole mahana a ʻoluʻolu ka lewa ma waho, hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i ka Royal BC Museum a leʻaleʻa i kahi kiʻiʻoniʻoni ma ka pale kiʻiʻoniʻoni nui ʻo Imax.
ka hale keaka Imax hōʻike i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni 3D me ka ʻenehana ʻokiʻoki i ke ʻano o ka 4K laser projection, ma ka pā nui 18 x 25 mika. He 45 mau minuke ka lōʻihi o nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni Imax, a nānā i nā kumuhana like ʻole mai nā papahana kūlohelohe e pili ana i nā pandas a hiki i ka heʻenalu ma Fiti, ka helikopa ski, nā ʻīlio hoʻopakele, nā kaʻa heihei kiʻekiʻe, a me nā mea hou aku.
Aia kahi ʻae liʻiliʻi kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i nā kīʻaha no ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni, a ʻono kā lākou popcorn!
6. Pubs me nā mele ola
Loaʻa iā Victoria kahi koho nui o nā hale pāʻani a me nā hale pō ma ke kaona. Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa nā ʻano mele he nui e kūpono i kou makemake, ma nā hale pāʻani like ʻO ka Bard a me ka Banker, ʻO Hermann's Jazz Club, V Lounge Sports Bar, a Ka Wicket Pili. ʻO ka hapa nui o lākou he mau kumukūʻai kūikawā no nā mea inu a me nā meaʻai i ka wā "Happy Hours", a he mau papa hula kekahi.
ʻO ka makahiki inu ma Victoria he 19 mau makahiki, a pono ʻoe i 2 mau ʻāpana ID e komo i nā hale pā. He ala maikaʻi loa ka hoʻolohe ʻana i nā hui kūloko ma nā hale pāʻani e hui a kamaʻilio me nā poʻe hou i kou wā ma Victoria.
7. Keena mahuka
Ua kaulana loa kēia hana ma Victoria i nā makahiki i hala iho nei. Inā makemake ʻoe i kahi paʻakikī, e hele pū me kahi hui o nā hoaaloha i kekahi o nā lumi pakele 3 a Victoria e hāʻawi ai - Nā pāʻani ʻo Quest Reality, Victoria Escape Games, a me Escape Warriors - e loaʻa i kahi ʻike pāʻani pāʻani ola.
Hana pū ʻoe me kāu hui e hoʻoponopono i nā nane, nā puʻupuʻu, a me nā pilikia e neʻe ai mai kahi lumi a i kahi lumi. Nui nā koho o nā pūʻolo kumuhana, mai ka weliweli, nā zombies, nā kilokilo a me nā mea kilokilo, a me nā hoʻokolokolo pepehi kanaka. E lilo i hui wikiwiki loa e hoʻopau i kahi luʻi, a loaʻa ka inoa o kāu hui ma ka Wall of Fame!
8. Nā hale ʻaina papa pāʻani
He hana ʻē aʻe kēia i pahū i ka kaulana i kēia manawa ma Victoria, ʻoi aku hoʻi me nā ʻōpio ʻōpio.
Aia he 5 mau cafe ʻokoʻa me nā haneli o nā pāʻani papa e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke pāʻani me kāu mau hoaaloha, ʻoiai e leʻaleʻa ana i nā meaʻai a me nā mea inu. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hele hoʻokahi a hui pū me nā mea pāʻani aloha ʻē aʻe, a i ʻole e hele pū me kahi hui o kāu mau hoaaloha, koho i kekahi pāʻani, a noho i ka lōʻihi āu e makemake ai.
9. Nā Seramika i puhi ʻia
Inā ʻoe e ʻimi nei i kahi mea ʻokoʻa a me kahi ala e hōʻike ai i kou ʻaoʻao noʻeau, ʻAi ʻia i nā seramika ʻo kou ʻano wale nō paha.
He hale pena kulu a me ka ipu lepo ma kahi kokoke i ke kikowaena o ke kaona ma Victoria, kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hoʻāʻo me nā hoʻolālā a me nā kala he nui a hana i kāu mau hana haku ponoʻī. Koho ʻoe mai ka 150 o nā hoʻolālā pālolo i hana mua ʻia e pena a waihoʻoluʻu, a laila e lawe i kou manawa me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kā lākou mau peʻa, stencil, a me nā sponges e hoʻonani iā lākou i nā hiʻohiʻona nani. Loaʻa iā lākou nā limahana kōkua e noi i nā manaʻo.
Ke pau kāu hana ʻana, waiho ʻoe i kāu ipu lepo no hoʻokahi pule no lākou e hoʻokala a ahi i loko o kā lākou kiln. Hoʻomaka nā kumukūʻai ma kahi o $5 no nā ʻāpana liʻiliʻi o ka ipu lepo, me ka hapa nui ma kahi o $25. Nānā iā ia!
10. Holo ma Goldstream Paka
Inā makemake ʻoe i waho, ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike i kahi wahi nani e hele wāwae ai a makaʻala Pāka Goldstream. Aia ma kahi o 17 km mai ke kaona ʻo Victoria, hiki ke loaʻa i ke kaʻa a me ke kaʻa, a he wahi kaulana ia e hele ai i ka nahele ulu kahiko.
Aia nā ala ākea ākea, kūpono no ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ʻike a ʻike ʻole, a me kekahi mau wailele nani. Inā laki ʻoe, ʻike paha ʻoe i ka ʻaeto, ka dia, a me ka bea paha mai kahi mamao aku. Aia kekahi kikowaena kūlohelohe kahi e loaʻa ai iā ʻoe ka nui o ka ʻike e pili ana i nā holoholona hihiu.
11. Koleka wela a me nā mea ʻai ʻai ma Murchies Tea and Coffee
He hōʻailona Victoria kēia hale kūʻai, e hoʻi ana i nā makahiki he 125. Aia ia ma ka puʻu o ke kaona ʻo Victoria, a he wahi kaulana ia e kū ai no ka ʻai ʻai a me ka inu ʻana ma hope o ke kūʻai ʻana. Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i nā pastries maikaʻi a me nā sandwiches, a me kahi koho nui o nā kī a me nā kofe mai nā wahi a puni o ka honua. Inā ʻimi ʻoe i nā mea hoʻomanaʻo no ka ʻohana a i ʻole nā hoaaloha i ka home, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa nā hīnaʻi makana ma Murchies pū.
12. E kipa i nā hale kūʻai puke
Ua kaulana ʻo Victoria no kāna mau hale kūʻai puke like ʻole, a he mau wahi maikaʻi lākou e kipa aku ai i ka wā e ʻoi aku ka anuanu. Hiki iā ʻoe ke koho i nā puke hou a i hoʻohana ʻia paha ma nā wahi e like me Indigo ma Mayfair Mall, Na Buke a Munro a Russell Buke ma ke kikowaena o ke kaona, a Buke Bolen ma Hillside Mall.
Loaʻa i kēlā me kēia hale kūʻai puke kona ʻono a me kona ʻano ponoʻī, a ʻo kekahi mau hale kūʻai he mau hale kūʻai kofe i hoʻopili ʻia ma kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke noho a heluhelu i ka wā e leʻaleʻa ana i ka inu a me ka ʻai.
A aia iā ʻoe - 12 manaʻo no ka hoʻomau ʻana i kou noho ʻana ma ʻaneʻi e aʻo ana i ka ʻōlelo Pelekane ma Victoria!
