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Maritime Museum of the Atlantic - what they do to litterbugs in Halifax. Dear Friends (and others!),
This blog will be about our 2 month adventures traveling across Canada from Halifax to Vancouver – mostly by train, with lots of stops on the way. Some of you may have subscribed to our previous trips to follow along on our Caminos, and may not be interested. It’s okay if you unsubscribe – my feelings won’t be hurt. Maybe next year for our next Camino.
I won’t be writing every day – maybe just every Provence.
Halifax, Nova Scotia An uneventful flight from Austin to Halifax after 2 hours of sleep. The highlight was using one of our United lounge passes in Newark. Free buffet, good coffee and a relaxing place to wait until our connection. I could get used to that! We landed to find rain, cold and a strong wind, 44 degrees. Yikes! And managed to make our way from the airport by bus without getting lost. We’re staying in Dartmouth, across the river from Halifax. Our Airbnb is less than stellar - too much dog hair. Oh well, the bedroom is fine, and it was inexpensive. The following day was also cold and windy. We were exhausted (why does
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The Citadel - our guide. traveling tire you out so much?) so slept late, walked to find breakfast and stock up on some groceries and things we forgot. Spent most of the day inside catching on some work and staying warm.
Finally – a nice day, with temps close to 70. We visited the Maritime Museum, which included an interesting floor on the Titanic. Halifax was the port closest to where the ship went down and sent ships out to recover both bodies and floating artifacts, some of which are housed in the Museum (the artifacts, that is, not the bodies). Then we visited the Citadel, a former military fort overlooking the city, which was never actually involved in any fighting. Still, the guided tour given by a reenactor was interesting. Last we went to the Public Garden and got some good photos for my website. It’s fun seeing spring again – the trees are just starting to leaf out, and the early tulips and daffodils are up.
On our final day in Halifax we picked up our rental car. We’ll use it to get to Newfoundland, then on to Prince Edward Island and back to Halifax where we’ll board the train heading
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Charlie on waterfront boardwalk in Halifax. west. We headed out of town to visit some cute (but a little touristy) fishing villages along the southern coast of Nova Scotia. Unfortunately, it was a dreary rainy day again. We took some pictures out the window, had lunch and headed back early to get ready for our travel to Cape Breton to catch the ferry to Newfoundland on Sunday.
Saturday an uneventful trip through Cape Breton to North Sydney, where we’ll catch the 6 hours ferry to Newfoundland. Cape Breton is a large island in northern Nova Scotia. It is full of history and natural beauty and has enclaves of both Celtic and Acadian culture as well as a wild and scenic national park. I wish we had allowed some time to explore Cape Breton and less time in Halifax. Went to Mass at a beautiful church in North Sydney.
Sunday - catching up on this blog on the ferry. It’s pretty calm for a change with not many people at all on board. Apparently not much happens in this part of Canada until the summer. Lots of places don’t even open until June 1. Quiz: How can you tell the Canadians from the Americans? The
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Crossing into Cape Breton. Canadians are in shorts and flipflops, and the Americans are in their flannels and fleece.
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Allen & Monika
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Sounds cold & wet but looks beautiful. Have fun & keep safe & warm.