Holiday Inn Halifax-Harbourview, Ns Dartmouth

... 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.

... Inn on Lady Hammond Road because we could not find any on-line commentary about it. It was the cheapest accommodation we could find that was close to the downtown area, however, so we took a chance. As it turned out, the hotel is owned by a Greek family and the rooms, while Spartan (har!) were clean and the restaurant was close to excellent, and relatively cheap (entrees about $15).

Ted and Marlene had checked in two days earlier but were not there when we arrived ...

... out. And there were a few little lakes, where you would not normally see water!
We then headed back to Halifax city and had a good look around, its a small city so easily walkable. The sun was also out, and it was nice and warm!
Watched a couple of guys blow crystal glasses, very fascinating!
Had a lovely lunch in the Sun, overlooking the Harbour, went to the Maritime museum, would have needed more time, but it was interesting, especially the Titanic Exhibition ...

OK - so took a Canadian Affair direct flight to Halifax - they only operate direct for about 6 months during early summer to late October. Very cheap - less than 300 sterling return and only about 5
hours.

So I was interrogated at the airport big time as I had an unopened M&S salad in my bag!! I was interviewed by lots of different people they went through the bag and also looked at all of my digital photos ...

... from the runway due to an "engine malfunction" where they wouldn't tell us what was wrong. Then again, they gave me extra peanuts for my discomfort.....and I like peanuts. An hour later I touched down in Nova Scotia, avoided the starry eyed American's that I overheard talking about Semester at Sea and threw on my headphones and watched an episode of "Long Way Round" documentary about traveling the world by motorcycle while ...

... 4 (These Shoes Were Made for Runnin'). Much to our surprise, the Museum opened up at 9:00 a.m. It looked like it was under construction so we weren't expecting to see the inside. The train station had been restored to its original state (or maybe better!) and held many interesting artifacts that had to do with railroads. Next to the station was a second building housing a large model train collection that was ...

... Nicotine causes the bowels to relax) and I had to have a wicked nasty grog bog. So I paid the $7 entry fee to go use the bathroom. As far as ***** go, it was ok - I don't think it was worth seven bucks though. As I was in there I decided to look around. It was pretty boring, except for when I climbed the stairs and got in the middle of what appeared to be a couple's holiday video. I apologised and ducked out of the shot, but they went on without a bother. I quickly noticed ...

... that he failed to see that we bored. Anyway the Duo Hoops group. A guy and a girl with obvious accents. They caught my attention because their roles were fairly reversed. Even though he was a tall skinny guy and she was a shorter petite girl, she was the one that supported him while he did acrobatics. She got on her back on the ground and supported him with her legs while he stood up on top. But they were a good group because they were ...

... it also speeds up once it is past the town. It slows for curves and speeds up for straight-aways. It stops altogether in the middle of the night when part of the train is decoupled and heads up to the Gaspe Peninsula. Oh, did I mention, all power is also cut off during this time. You go from a rocking and rolling train with a small nightlight on in your room to perfect stillness, no air and no light for twenty to ...

... people there!
We're now just north of P.E.I. Had to watch "Sneakers" again. Fortunately I liked it (my 3rd or 4th time). We had some turbulence at one point. Exciting. Um...had my only 2 Heinekens so far (still 1h15 to go).
Well, that's my update. Hopefully when I write again, probably for the last time, I'll have my bag.

Chris Gauvin 4:24 (local time)