Spent the day yesterday touring Halifax waterfront and the Citadel, this city is so beautiful. Maybe because of its age and the character of the buildings, or maybe it's the relaxed atmosphere. It has an "island" feeling to it that we've experienced in Hawaii and the Sunshine Coast. The citadel was quite an amazing structure, the walk up to it was a bit more than we had bargained for but nothing we couldn't handle! From there we wandered over to the public gardens where the first indoor skating rink in Canada was built. We walked back to the water front, first passing what we later learned was a haunted church. Apparently a lady can be seen in the back window, she has lingered there ever since the explosion in 1917. We have yet to tour the cemeteries where the titanic and explosion victims were laid to rest. I don't know why that is so intriguing, and yet, we want to see them. Maybe we all have this desire for a type of closure, even though we weren't witnesses to the disasters, and did not know the people, we are all aware of the ripples felt across the country.
On the water front we had some lunch, poutines and fried fish, all very tasty after our jaunt. I think the highlight of our day was meeting an old friend from high school, amazing how time ages us but he still seems the same! We joined him and his partner for dinner at a pub later in the evening as well and we had some laughs, so fun to see him again. We have decided to stay in Dartmouth one more night and are off for a drive today, it is beautiful weather again and we are looking forward to seeing some new scenery!
Sounds great guys. As much an adventure as Europe will be it is equally good to see more of this country. More people need to spend more time exploring Canada instead of sitting at home in their own little nest complaining about things. All the old cliches apply...live and love life and enjoy each other's company, that of old friends, and all the new friends just around the next bend.
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