Unlike Peggy's Cove, Halifax gets highest marks. It lived up to it's reputation and then some. The waterfront is fantastic, a long meandering boardwalk bordered by sidewalk cafes and shops on one side, the bay with tall ships, touring boats, and various decommissioned ships on the other. Buskers do their thing along the boardwalk: bagpipes, accordion, violins, saxaphone, a 5-piece garage band of youngsters who needed to spend more time in the garage. Had a fine fish and chips lunch at one of the outdoor cafes overlooking the harbor. The weather was great, no whining.
Elsewhere in town, we toured the Victorian Gardens and the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia which had a Maude Lewis exhibition. Maude did folk art, had rheumatoid arthritis which crippled her up something awful. She and her husband lived in a 9’ x 12’ house all their married years, and the house is included in the show. She painted various pictures on all the inside surfaces of the house.
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We boldly pulled into the nearly empty fenced private parking lot near the art gallery. A guard at the front door of the stately building watched us park. We approached the front door and announced, 'We're here for the free 2 PM tour.' The guard said, 'You can tour the building any time of day and its always free - but the parking lot is only for members of the legislature.' 'Huh? Legislature? Isn't this the art gallery?' 'No, this is the Provincial Legislature Building. The art gallery is across the street.' Oh! Sorry.' 'You can stay parked here while you visit the art gallery if you like. We lock the gate at midnight, though (smile, chuckle).' 'That's great! Thanks!' What a nice guy!
Halifax boardwalk.
Impressive young violinist buskers.
Tugboat Teddy Too provides harbor rides.
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We boldly pulled into the nearly empty fenced private parking lot near the art gallery. A guard at the front door of the stately building watched us park. We approached the front door and announced, 'We're here for the free 2 PM tour.' The guard said, 'You can tour the building any time of day and its always free - but the parking lot is only for members of the legislature.' 'Huh? Legislature? Isn't this the art gallery?' 'No, this is the Provincial Legislature Building. The art gallery is across the street.' Oh! Sorry.' 'You can stay parked here while you visit the art gallery if you like. We lock the gate at midnight, though (smile, chuckle).' 'That's great! Thanks!' What a nice guy!
Queen Mary 2.
More boardwalk.
A little bit of home in the Victorian Gardens.
QM2 through window of Immigration Museum.
Trish also toured the immigration museum, said it was very well done. The Queen Mary 2 was parked right beside the museum: that is one big mother of a ship, the largest ocean liner ever built. Several tour groups from the ship were seen around town. Here's a link that provides statistics and facts on the QM2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Queen_Mary_2
1) I got a good laugh out of the band needing to spend more time in the garage 2) I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw your first picture of the QM2 3)I prefer the Tugboat Teddy though.
ReplyDeleteHalifax sounds great! How were the campgrounds there?
We stayed in a KOA, typical.
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We stayed in a nice KOA, with nice neighbors. Given it was Canada Day weekend, we were delighted there was any room at the inn, since we didn't have reservations.
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