- Capital of Nova Scotia
- Home to Dalhousie University
- First European settlement was in Halifax
- Named after the 2nd Earl of Halifax
- Nearby Peggy's Cove is the ideal place to capture the quintessential East Coast landscape
- Home to the Halifax Citadel, built between 1828 and 1856, a star shaped naval station
- Home to Alexander Keith's Brewery!
- There are a lot of one way streets downtown, so drivers beware!
My sister slipped out early to meet with her friend for coffee. The rest of the gang took a rental car and drove up to the Citadel. We were too cheap to pay for admission (I mean, $12 x 6 = $72! Not to mention it looked kinda sunny), so we end up looping around and coming back down.
10:00am
Visited Province House, which is free admission. Also had a free tour a very helpful guide (hahaa, noticed the "cheap" theme?).
11:00am
Drove to Peggy's Cove. It was almost noon by the time we got there, and we were hungry, so the group decided to grab a bite first. We headed to this place called Ryers Lobster Retail and EACH ordered a ~1lb lobster. The mussels were great, but the lobster was slightly overcooked. :(
1:30pm
Back to Peggy's Point Cove/ Lighthouse. Took some gorgeous pictures. There is a musician dressed in traditional scottish garment playing the pipes, really added to the mood of the place. Bet he makes a lot of tips too!
2:30pm
Drove back to the ship. Would have liked to visit the Maritime Museum but we were out of time (next time! Although we don't need a rental car to see Maritime Museum).
5:15pm
Usual BLAH dinner.
8:00pm
Classique dance show - dancers are dressed in Mozart era costumes. Not really impressed.
9:00pm
Hung out at the top floor (Crow's Nest) for some dancing. The place is empty except for the DJ and one of the musicians. They end up dancing on the dance floor. There is ZERO night life on this ship!
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| Provence House |
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| Disturbing looking sculpture on the ship |
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