Yesterday Vic and I did some exploring around the waterfront and walked across Big Blue, a little bridge that crosses the harbor here in Victoria. My Frommer’s guide says this: “The same guy who designed San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge also designed Victoria’s Johnson Street Bridge. Alas, while the soaring Golden Gate span is justly famous for its elegance, this misshapen lump of steel and concrete is something designer Joseph Strauss would likely wish forgotten.”
I think this blue behemoth might have been a practical joke. It is truly hideous. The cement counterbalances look like 
a couple Dumpsters. Locals seem to find this bridge somewhat endearing, however (according to some reports). That makes me wonder what special kind of weed they smoke in Canada that makes them see beauty where there is none. I mean, this bridge is not just ugly compared to the Golden Gate Bridge. It’s ugly all on its own.
On the up side, it was a lot easier to walk across this bridge than the one in San Francisco.
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