Scale

We are still getting used to the scale of Victoria. Seriously people, it is tiny - check out this map that Brad made for me. (Keep in mind that Victoria is only the area marked as such on the map.

Last weekend we heard that the Victoria Symphony was doing another free concert in Beacon Hill Park. This generates a lot of excitement in our little world so we were all over the web checking to see where to go and what time......needless to say we were a little miffed to find that all the information on where to go was listed as "Beacon Hill Park". Um....where in the park?

Remember, we are from Vancouver - Stanley Park is massive - it's shown in red below superimposed on top of Beacon Hill Park (shown in green).

So, a friend told us there is a bandstand in the park - awesome. It must be there. We showed up an hour before they were scheduled to start, got out the map and made some strategic plans to park somewhere in the neighbourhood near the park - we figured this would be the closest we could get. We geared up for a half hour walk from the car to the stage.

On our way we decided "Awh, let's just drive into the park and see how crazy it is." Uh-huh.....the parking lots inside the park were virtually empty. We parked the car, looking around us suspiciously like we weren't supposed to be there. We also didn't have to pay which was equally as bizarre.

The concert was great - way less crowded than the Symphony Splash - which we also attended a couple weeks ago. They estimate that over 30,000 people show up for the Splash. The Beacon Hill Park event was more like around 200 people sitting around in the afternoon listening to some great classical music - much more our style.