Blogs from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, North America - page 7

We amazed ourselves at how much we packed into one day! Matthew, our motel/B&B host and chef in Yarmouth, did indeed fix us a "special" breakfast as promised. When we walked into the lobby he escorted us to a beautifully prepared table for two. There were eleven different kinds of fruit on our plate. Matthew is very proud of his culinary presentation skills and even though it was just scrambled eggs, ham and a boiled then pan fried potato, after he expounded on the "purity of his ingredients" I was intimidated enough to not ask for hot sauce. But it was a great way to start the day, loved Matthew's choice of guitar music, too. We followed the Lighthouse Trail (Highway 3) all the way to Cape Sable Island and the southernmost point in Nova Scotia ... read more

Wet day indeed. When we woke up the rain was pouring off the roof and onto the canopy outside of the entrance of the hotel. The chance of breakfast on the patio beside the lake was out of the question. It was a warm day though around 20 degrees with warm rain. We decided to make a late start and after some shopping in a local Walmart we ventured to PIER 21. This is part of the Cunard Ferry terminal buildings. It is where the immigrants landed first in Canad. The museum was set up with information boards and pictures of the new immigrants landing with their possessions. The terminal was the gateway to Canada for many Europeans who suffered during the second world war, or suffered religious persecution. The stories of the evacuees from UK ... read more

Woke up at 4AM for my flight to Halifax. My Air Canada flight left at 6:30AM and it was the 2nd earliest flight I have ever taken behind a 5AM Berlin flight. Since it was so early I didn't want to ask someone to drive me so I would be using Park N Fly near the airport. Drove to the Park N Fly location but I should have checked closer because I pulled into the Valet parking lot. It was too late to leave so I just went with in and it wasn't that expensive. I didn't have any checked baggage and had done online check in the night before so I just went straight to security and my gate. Flight was uneventful and was just 2 hours. I did enjoy using the inflight entertainment system ... read more

"As sure as night is dark and day is light I keep you on my mind both day and night And happiness I've known proves that it's right Because you're mine, I walk the line" With the gravelly voice of Johnny Cash in the background, we departed Amherst for Halifax and the Titanic exhibits and graveyards (I know, this is sounding like a cemetery crawl).We started our Halifax adventure with a visit to picturesque Peggys Cove. The tale of the RMS Titanic of the White Star Line is well known to most. On April 10, 1912 she departed Southampton. The Titanic was the largest ship afloat, and thought to be virtually unsinkable. At 11:40 P. M. on April 14, the liner hit an iceberg and a huge gash was opened along the starboard side, with water ... read more

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