After being in small costal towns, it was a surprise to discover what a large bustling city Halifax was. It reminded me of Calgary.
North Atlantic Maritime Museum
Our first stop was the maritime museum which featured hundreds of model ships built to scale with incredible detail. There were dioramas and artifacts. Jerry was most interested in the 1917 disaster in which a ship loaded with arms exploded in the harbour killing thousands and levelling a good portion of the town as he had recently read the book. I was more interested in the Titanic exhibit as my grandmother was on the docks when they brought survivors in.
Peggy’s Cove
Peggy’s Cove is a must see when you go to Halifax and being the “tourists” we are, it was our next stop. There is a small town surrounding the lighthouse with lots of gift shops and places to eat.
Oktoberfest
The BG (Beer Gardens) on the waterfront celebrates Octoberfest every third Saturday in September. Along with a polka band, they had weiner dog races, weiner dog fashion shows and weiner dog watermelon eating contest. We strolled along the waterfront and encountered lots of people walking their dashounds. We had lunch at the restaurant next to the BG (the lineup at the BG was way too long) and were treated to reggae music coming from the stage on the beach and oom-pa-pa from the BG. A new kind of fusion. It was a great afternoon.
Our last few days were veg out days. I did manage to recreate the lobster linguine which was a success.
At Our Own Pace 