Best Western Chocolate Lake Hotel Halifax

... to the airport is expensive and we make it onto our A320 to Ottawa. Lunch is at the airport and the food seems ultra ordinary after all of the cruise dining. We arrive in Calgary, are picked up at the airport then invited to a fabulous dinner at our daughters place.. Now; that is good food. <br> <br> <br>

Halifax was our first day in Canada, Cool and calm with some overcast. he one thing that I wanter to see here was the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. We also needed to solve the postcard problem. We planned to send a postcard from each port to our son and his girlfriend. So far we were for for four and wanted to keep up the string. Moving into Canada requires some adjustment. First, the drop boxes are red, not blue. They have more of them, it seems and there is ...

... and who doesn&#8217;t? We spent a very pleasant few hours getting oriented as to what was where, and found a seemingly endless supply of museums, boats, boutiques, cafes, and the like, and even a brewery and a casino! We made an early stop at the brewery. A Norwegian Lines cruise ship was in the harbour so things were quite busy.<br><br>The only thing wrong with Halifax is that everything is either up hill or down hill. Several of the BIGWAGFA are coping with age- and ...

8/28<br><br>At sea for the first day today, the ship took off a couple hours ago. The trip started a couple days ago when we took off from San Diego to New York. Our hotel was right off of Times Square, so we walked around and shopped a little before going to dinner. We ate at Del Frisco's (Mom&#8217;s choice) and it was great. We had crab, steak, mac &amp; cheese, wine, and some lemon cake for dessert that the waitress brought because we were about to ...

... found me right away as soon as I left. I knew she'd be around so I didn't go far from the door anyway. <br><br>Shylo is hungry, gets a donair and we get back to the truck at exactly 2 a.m. All the boys are there. They had lost Pete earlier in the night, but everyone is finally safe and sound. We drive home and I sleep for two hours before catching the early flight back to Ottawa.

... easy to get about. Barrington street is the main area. <br><br>There are some lovely quaint shops in the downtown area and a lovely farmers market which we went to on the Sunday for a fab local breakfast of eggs, bacon and potatoes. <br><br>Weather was not particulary amazing - it rains a huge amount in Halifax with the temperature quite moderate - I think in the mid 60's. <br><br>Great 5 days - would love to go back to see it.

... there was never that much. Malc on the other hand has skied and grew up in Ashby de la Zouch (exotic eh?) where heavier snow was more usual. Let's face it if Bournemouth gets an inch everything stands still and panic sets in! This storm was unusually early and conditions deteriorated quite quickly, causing lots of problems on the roads. http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/1091 872.html When we woke there was a thick blanket covering everything, Malc had had the foresight to ...

... on a a tall ship, wandered in an old graveyard at night and so on. Took a day tour to Peggy's Cove and Lunenburg. I expected Peggy's Cove to be a total tourist trap, but it wasn't very busy when we were there (early in the year still), and I loved it! Cape Breton was fantastic. We hopped on a backpacker's bus because otherwise we pretty much had no transportation. Most of the other passengers ...

... a while because I was just too cold. I headed into a supermarket to get something to eat, as there was no room service at my B&amp;B. I ended up with one of those hot rotisserie chickens and some potato wedges. I also bought cat treats (not for me!), some juice and a few other little bits to keep me going. I went back to my hotel and ate my dinner and watched some TV. On the TV I finally got to see what all the fuss was about in terms of the ...

... for Canada. Man, that's rude. We're allowed up to $300 of goods purchased and I thought I was way over but I started adding things up and I had trouble reaching $200! Hope I didn't forget anything. Moreover, I hope I get my bag!<br>So, I gotta get my bag, get to Dorval, go to Tom's house to get my house key (hope his Mom's home at least) and then have fun ...