Quality Inn And Suites Bayers Lake. Halifax

Due to work commitments we end the cruise early. It would have been nice to have ventured into the state of Maine and seen Boston but duty calls. We learn that the horrid problem with the city sewer systems won't be fixed for another 6 months. Pier 21 looks so familiar from our trip here 2 years ago. The ...

... Titanic sind empfehlenswert.<br>Die Explosion von Halifax ereignete sich am 6.12.1917. Ein französischer Munitionsfrachter kollidierte mit einem norwegischen Schiff. Bei der Kollision geriet der französische Frachter in Brand und explodierte. Das Unglück forderte ungefähr 2000 Todesopfer.<br><br>Weiter ging es zur Besichtigung der Alexander Keiths Brauerei. Sie wurde 1820 von dem schottischen ...

<br><br>September 9, 10, 11, 2009 (will combine our 3 days in Halifax into one entry)<br><br>Prior to leaving Pt. Hawksberry on September 9th, we shared the breakfast table with Jim &amp; Ginette (Montreal) and Jim &amp; Susan (Florida). As usual, wonderful conversations ensued, sharing of &#8216;travel tips&#8217;, plans and anecdotes. Planned to stop in Antigonish to bank, do laundry, etc but altered course of action and stopped in New Glasgow instead. Found our bank ...

... related maladies that impede locomotion. These woes were to seriously affect our abilities to fully enjoy several of the destinations on our itinerary, and Halifax was an introduction to this new fact of life. We found a partial solution to this issue in Halifax in the form of FRED who is a little green bus that, thanks to the merchants of the town, provides free transportation to key tourist areas. FRED stands for "Free Rides Everywhere for Dopes. We put this on our ...

... did some shopping! They have some great gift shops here, lots of handmade jewellery and art. Plus down at the waterfront where the busker festival was happening a lot of people had set up little stalls down there. Oh and great clothes shops, a lot of summer stuff on sale which of course I can&#8217;t buy because in like a month it will probably be useless to me. So I&#8217;ve had to hold back on getting clothes and also anything big really, because I have to able to pack it in my ...

... they had some traditional music going on. Nova Scotia was settled by Scots and Irish and it shows. <br><br>Then on the Thursday morning I rejoined the Salty Bear tour, it was me and 6 girls (I was dubbed "the boy") and we headed off to Prince Edward Island (stopping off at Springfield on the way). PEI was largely settled by Irish, and it shows in a big way, in the place and street names, and the people, you can see they are of Irish descent, if you ...

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 <br>hours. <br><br>So I was interrogated at the airport big time as I had an unopened M&amp;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 ...

... fast and in places it was coming down horizontal - very sobering! Waking up on New Years Day little had changed, but as is the Thornley way a walk was in order. This soon became an expedition up Citadel Hill with the express purpose of sliding down it on 'crazy carpets' crazy being the appropriate word! Layered up as much as possible (thanks L&amp;N for the thermals!) but still allowing ...

... sell pints--only tasters! Our thoughts of a relaxing pint were dashed, so we returned to the Symphony. After multiple requests from my mother, I went down to the computer lab so that I could wave to her on the live web cam. Then I spent the rest of the day reading around the ship. There had been another ship in port with us, and when we left, every single passenger on that ship stood outside to wave goodbye. It was a British ship, and all ...

Business class, that's where I'm sitting, by the window too! This will all be definately worth it if my bag's at Mirabel. Had 2 seats to myself for a short while but then some guy couldn't handle the smoking section (Wow, how long ago does THAT sound?!?) so he came, no prob. Lotsa room here, quieter too. Fairly secluded as well. <br>Had to fill out a declaration ...