After Cove, Ireland, my next favourite place in the world now is Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Deb described Canada as being: “Just like USA without the steroids”. The Canadian “natives” are friendly; the place is relaxed, it’s easy to get around and feels safe. Halifax is an industrial city and not what you’d call picturesque, that is except for the port itself where our ship, Balmoral, docked from Monday 6pm to Tuesday 6pm. Keen to stand on firm ground again asap, Debbie & Damian, Ian & Jenny (from Canberra), Don & I couldn’t wait to disembark as soon as we docked. We took a brisk walk along the boardwalk to a steakhouse, where we sat down and tucked into huge, fresh, steaks. While on the subject of “fresh”, I’ll add here that with Halifax being a
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