tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572754717743284391.post1754970647181969356..comments2023-04-27T01:58:09.392-07:00Comments on The Brave: The Empressstrausshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10277562911746970978noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572754717743284391.post-9722740024539822132007-04-17T11:24:00.000-07:002007-04-17T11:24:00.000-07:00Here here Kathleen. How lucky to spend your honeym...Here here Kathleen. <BR/>How lucky to spend your honeymoon at the Empress!strausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10277562911746970978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572754717743284391.post-22744930158731317532007-04-17T08:57:00.000-07:002007-04-17T08:57:00.000-07:00My first honeymoon, about 38 years ago, was spent ...My first honeymoon, about 38 years ago, was spent at the Empress. My mother-in-law had arranged it...in those days it was up to the groom's family to supply the honeymoon. I got deathly ill on the ferry ride, and have never gone back. The Empress is beautiful..but the rooms are old...nothing fancy there at all by today's standards. At least the room WE had booked. We didn't partake of the tea. Being 20 years old, I suppose it seemed rather fuddy-duddy. I remember the Butchart Gardens being quite lovely (it was July), and we enjoyed all the shops and brought home some china and crystal pieces as gifts for our parents. I would really like to go back and explore the upper island...do some "camping" in a luxury lodge on the coast and do some fishing. That sounds way more ideal to me now!Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02176793604414392644noreply@blogger.com