Blogs from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, North America - page 15

halloele!!! so, nun ist es so weit: wir verfassen unseren letzten bericht fuer euch! wir sind schon seit ein paar tagen wieder in halifax und haben heute morgen unseren wagen zum hafen gebracht! oh, mal ganz nebenbei an alle, die es noch nicht wissen: wir kommen schon am 15. november nach hause! eigentlich wollten wir ja insgesamt noch 11 tage in halifax bleiben, aber das waere zum einen viel zu langweilig gewesen (gerade ohne auto), und zum anderen haetten wir viel zu viel geld fuer unterkunft und verpflegung ausgegeben. also, wir haengen euch bald wieder auf der pelle!! aber selbsteverstaendlich haben wir in den letzten vier wochen wieder das ein oder andere erlebt, was wir euch nicht vorenthalten wollen. also, von onatrio aus haben wir uns dann relativ zuegig nach quebec begeben, wo wir uns die ... read more

In order to work for NCL, it is a requirement to complete a basic safety course. Included in the course is first aid, firefighting, lifeboat/liferaft training, emergency procedures, etc. We started our training last week, have more this week, and then we finish with us having to flip a liferaft over in the water once we get to warmer waters (Bermuda). Lucky for us, having Halifax as a port meant that we got the opportunity to go to some special training facility to FIGHT FIRES! When Lisa and Katelyn did their safety training, they simply got to crawl through the crew bar that was filled with dry ice as smoke. Lucky us got to fight a real fire. Well… a controlled propane fire. Nonetheless, it was fantastic. We broke into two groups and our group got ... read more

We arrived in Halifax late Tuesday night. This time the weather has not cooperated and it has rained every day so we have not been able to do a lot of outside things. Thursday we took the boys to an indoor glow in the dark mini golf. On Saturday we went to a friend of Jeremy's farm and picked blueberries. On the way home we stopped at Murphy's in Truro for some fish. YUM! Rich preach on Sunday AM and we visited with friends at night. Today it is still raining and it doesn't look like it will let up until the end of the week. Here are a few pictures for you to enjoy.... read more

Today is the day that I should have a reaction to the Yellow Fever needle I got ten days ago. Hmmmmm, do I feel different? or am I thinking myself into some body aches? Not sure... I wonder if some infected mosquito will bite me in Peru and die because I have this serum in my body? I hope so. ha ha ha I like this site; good tip about travel insurance. I get lost reading other blogs and looking at the photos. Pressure is off, to get that perfect shot at all the places that I want to see, because hundreds of people have already been there and taken good pictures. Why, I could hide out in my house and never leave, and make up a travel journal by cutting and pasting these fine ... read more

It certainly has been a wet one for this part of the country. Driving north through New Brunswick and into Quebec after our stay in Halifax, it was hard to miss the lush green pastures and lawns. Woods and fields were bursting at the seams with new growth and freshly baled hay was rotting everywhere we looked. Everything was waterlogged, including the spirits of the people we ran into who have spent the last couple of weeks vacationing anywhere in Ontario or east. Some areas have had the wettest summer in over one hundred years. Yesterday, as we traveled through western New Brunswick under partly sunny skies, one store clerk mentioned,"This is the first sunny day we have had in over a month." Another family we chatted with just returned from a few rain-soaked days around ... read more