Strange stop - 5 hours in port but most of it in darkness as we didn't dock till about 7pm. We hadn't booked a shore excursion as there hadn't been a great deal of choice due to the aforementioned darkness, so when we disembarked we took the marked walkway that followed the harbour edge round to the front of the Parliament building and the Empress Hotel, a typical Victorian pile of a hotel. It was all very pretty with the buildings lit up - the Parliament building especially was tastefully outlined in white lights and ended up looking like a cross between the Taj Mahal and Harrods at Christmas!
The rain had started to come on as we headed back to the ship so we just sat our under the awning at the stern and had a drink and watched the lights around the harbour and the rain falling steadily.
Our fellow passengers were busy packing and putting their bags out ready for collection prior to disembarkation the following morning in Seattle - but not us. It was a good feeling on which to fall asleep.
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