Halifax
Halifax is pretty great. I met up with Jocelyn, Amanda and Emily on thursdsynight. It's nice to have some travel buddies! I've been here before too so it was nice to see some things I recognized.
The first day we wandered down to pier 21 to check that out and after went to the bank of nova Scotia to tell them that no my card hasn't been stolen, I was actually in Newfoundland and I did actually buy that. Luckily, being in nova scotia it wasnt hard to find a bank of. Then we rented some bikes and rode around thecity. What the hell is with the maritimes and hills... Honestly. Could the explorers not have settled on flat land? Is that too much tovask!?! It would have made this trip a lit less sweaty and a less rough on my legs. Thanks.
No the bike ride wasgreat, we rode around d the citadel, didn't go in though, but I've done the tour several tomes in QC so I figure it's fairly similar just replace the Quebec accent withan east coast one!
We returned the bikes and had a well deserved Keiths at the Pogue before heading over to Leslies for a fantastic BBQ. We had a lovely visit complete with hilarious old photos and a cute baby.
Day 2- Happy Birthday SIdney CRosby!!! NS sure does love him and really who doesn't besides my mum!?!
The weather has been gorgeous so we drove out to peggys cove today And checked out the light house. It's pretty great. A littlebit of a tourist trap though. The boats in the harbour and the carefully placed lobster traps on the docks seemed a little TOO perfect bit it was beautiful, no questions.
After our picnic lunch( purchased at the Market) we set out back to hali. Now there is a lot going on in hali right now including Busker Fest but more importantly, a country concert festival, apparently alan jackson is here.... It's a big deal. We decided that 100 dollars was a little steep for a country music festival ( three of us did go to Guelph ... The Ranch pretty much tops it all) so we headed out for none other than the Keiths brewery tour!!! I don't think you can legally come to hali without at least tasting a keiths, whether it be India pale ale, dark, light or White.
The tour is a theatrical tour and becomes much more so after the tastings.... It was pretty entertaining.
We ended Sid's birthday with some dinner and headed back to the hostel after a few pints!
Were off too cape Breton tomorrow after a quick stop in cole harbour! should be great, nova scotia is pretty fantastic!
Have a great day!!
Kate
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