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Published: November 1st 2008
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We are heading for Halifax this morning. Ordinarially we've avoided big cities but there were a couple of things that I found in the guide books that sounded interesting and since it is on our way to Peggy's Cove (supposedly another must see place) it seemed like a good idea.
First we did our laundry. There was a laundromat in downtown Truro. It took us about an hour to get it all washed and dried. It was nice to have clean clothes again.
We got in to Halifax at about 10:30 or so. Both of the places we wanted to visit were right on the waterfront about 3 blocks away from each other which made it convenient. The first place was a glass blowing factory that was highly recommended. They blow glass right on the premises and I've always wanted to see that so we went there. Well, no glass blowing on this day. Seems they only do it every other day and of course we were on the wrong day. The glass they blew and polished was Waterford style glass and I've never been a fan of that kind of crystal and besides what they were charging for
the stuff it should have been Waterford. So that was kind of a bust.
Next stop was the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic.
This place was very interesting. There was a section on the many shipwrecks that have happened throughout the years outside of Halifax, there was a section and a movie about the Titanic. Not "the" movie with the annoying Celine Dion song, just a little short movie. Halifax was the area that recovered all of the bodies. Creepy but interesting. There were WWI and WWII exhibits as well. This was worth the visit.
It was time for lunch. We found a nice restaurant within walking distance that was on the wharf. We sat at the bar and had lunch and talked to the two bartenders, both very young and very nice. One of them asked us where we were from and we told her. She asked me what I found the most surprising or interesting about Canada. Well, where do I start? I finally told her that the thing I liked the most was that everyone we had encountered throughout our visit had been nothing but nice and helpful and welcoming. She seemed surprised but very pleased. But its true. I also told her that I was struck at how much influence the different cultures ... French...Irish...Scotch...English still had a strong influence up here and finally that it appeared from watching TV that their elections were about as screwed up as ours are. The one thing I didn't tell her was that ALL CANADIANS TAILGATE! That also is true. I can't tell you how many times Cal and I would pull over to let someone pass and we weren't meandering along, we were doing the speed limit. Either that or that rental car had a big giant magnet on the back of it.
OK, I am done with that tirade. Halifax like any city had lots of traffic and very confusing streets. After missed turns and going around in circles we finally got headed in the right direction for Peggy's cove.
Peggy's cove is roughly south east from Halifax and is supposed to be one of the most photographed areas in the Province. As we got closer we noticed that the weather had gotten harsher. It was windy, cloudy and had gotten considerably cooler. I think this was the remains of hurricane Ike.
The place was still crowded...this is a real big touristy place... but I think the bad weather helped. It was beautiful, even with the rotten weather. I finally got myself a souvenir. There was a painter selling watercolors and I was able to pick up a couple of small ones rather inexpensively. I will get them framed when I get home. One was of Peggy's Cove and the other of a seagull. Doesn't sound very exciting but they are both really nice.
We had originally decided to drive back through New Brunswick which would be more or less retracing our steps. The other option was to catch the ferry at Digby and go across the Bay of Fundy and land in St. John, NB. Although this is more expensive in dollars it is considerably less time consuming so we decided to do that. Anyway, I really had planned on seeing Digby. Any place that is called the scallop fishing capitol is worth seeing.
My plan had been to continue around the Evangeline Trail which follows the coastline and still end up in Digby. I don't know if Cal is tired of water or just in a hurry but he
wanted to go due west tomorrow and get to Digby early in the day. He won.
Keeping this in mind, we ended up in Bridgewater, NS which is slightly inland and on a direct road across the Province to Digby.
We found a really nice B & B called River Reflections (
by just happening upon the place. It was lovely. An old house right on the river. The rooms were beautifully decorated and the price, while a little higher than we aimed for, worth it to me. Our room was the Kenny. Beautifully decorated with a view of the river. I loved staying here.
We settled in and then went down the street and found a little pub right on the river where we had dinner.
Back to the B & B where we had a brief conversation with the owner, a glass of sherry, and then to bed.
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