seattle, VANCOUVER, victoria

It's already some days ago since I wrote the last time. In the meantime we were in Seattle, Vancouver and Victoria. However, just one day in Seattle and Victoria and all other days in Vancouver. Seattle was nice, but not really what I expected it to be. A little bit quiet. Vancouver, however, was great. may be especially because of the great weather. i've been told that it is one of the most rainy cities. but there are many nice beaches, mounains in the background, nice people, definitely a place to live. Not surprisingly it ranks on the fourth place in the mercer study "best cities to live in". the only bad thing is the huge amount of homeless and drug addicted people. the ghetto in vancouver is by far the largest in canada I've been told. but otherwise it's great, skiing in the afternoon and a swim in the sea in the evening. what more do you want? victoria we just visited for one day. we had to go by ferry. was a very nice ride. many small islands. victoria by itself is not that great. very small, not much to see. today we will head for banff national park. heard many good things about this place. must be stunning. next time i will post some photos.