Most of the action and attractions are centered around the Inner Harbor Everything is walkable and a walk on the seawall is full of things going on. Even a couple of traffic jams on the water!
The sightseeing highlight is the Royal British Columbia Musuem (royalbcmuseum.bc.ca). And the highlight of the museum is the First Nations exhibit. These totems were pretty impressive.
The stately Parliament building sits across the street. Very grand and very English. Unfortunately there was a bit of a renovation going on and we couldn't get into the legislative chambers.
I've been waiting to get back to the Empress Hotel, (fairmont.com/empress) now a Fairmont, for tea. There many years ago and remember it as oh, so grand. Well, it's still quite attractive, but when we saw the $55 per head charge for tea, I must say we were rather outraged. I really wanted to do it, but that's just wrong! Wandered around, bought a couple of souvenirs, then called it a day.
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