RadishRose
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Hoping to hear from you soon Mr Pants.
Lol! Not where I'll be going but no matter as there's always a good supply of fresh lobster nearby anywhere in the Maritime Provinces.Important question - is it lobster season?
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The name of the boat in the foreground will amuse some Canadians and I wonder how many will notice the Toronto Maple Leaf's flag
I liked this place immensely In some ways, it was a warmer version of the Arctic landscape I had just left. Perhaps that’s why this place struck a cord with me? So peaceful!
Ok, so it wasn’t just me thinking that way. We sure do flock there. Nothing wrong, just not at all that I expected after the hype.The lighthouse itself was not that impressive at all actually.
Thanks Mr Pants!After leaving Peggy’s Cove in Nova Scotia, I travelled about an hour or maybe 1.5 hours to Halifax. Took me awhile to get settled in my hotel that I was booked into for the next 2 nights. The hotel is right downtown, just across the street from the harbor so parking space is limited. Turns out all the hotel spaces were already taken when I arrived. I had to par in a lot across the street. No problem but the way the fees for all day or all night parking works, it looked like I was going to have to pay for a couple hours then run back there and pay the overnight amount then get back over there at 8:00 AM and pay my day parking. Way too many trips to the parking lot for my liking!
I mentioned this to the front desk at the hotel and they said; “ Oh, just use the parking lot app!” (Like I just should have know that?) Once I downloaded the app to my phone I was able to pay that way rather than actually show up several times a day – lol. After all that I just wanted to have a meal and perhaps a cold beverage. I did that after looking around the harbor a bit. It was nice out but getting quite cool as I had a bite to eat. I thought I’d just call it an early night and explore the next day. I had all day to have a look around the waterfront area which I expected to be interesting and bustling with people.
After waking up next morning I decided to just have a coffee and set out to explore. I would get something to eat somewhere along the waterfront trail. What I found as I spent some time along the waterfront was that almost noting was open and much of the food places there were just little shacks that I suppose open when masses of tourists are there? I finally found a small coffee shop just up from the waterfront area, got another coffee to take with me on my travels. I finally found a place that was open but they were serving more of a lunch type menu so I sat down & had something to eat. It was cold though as the seating area outside was in the shade and there was a good breeze blowing in off the water.
After eating I set off to find the Marine Museum I had read about on some Halifax Tourist site. Figured I would kill some time since the boardwalk along the waterfront left me unimpressed with anything to do other than jog or walk your dog.
Once inside and walking around, I was happy with my choice. It was an interesting place for sure with many models of ships down through the ages and stories of shipwrecks that had impacted Canada's eastern seaboard. Of course, there was a large area dedicated to the Titanic, which sunk off the coasts of Newfoundland & Nova Scotia back in April 1912.
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I didn't know before now that after the initial search for survivors, the living survivors were taken to New York - the original destination, but the dead were taken to Halifax for eventual burial. There were so many bodies found initially that they ran out of body bags and had to bury many at sea. There are several cemeteries around Halifax where people from the Titanic are buried. Even in recent times they are still putting names to the dead through modern technology!
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They just discovered the identity of the 'unnamed child' buried in Fairview Lawn Cemetery. The addition shown in the pic above shows the addiction of his name.
In addition to the ships there was a large display area detailing the great Halifax explosion that happened in early December 1917 and devastated the entire Halifax waterfront area and everything for miles around. I was amazed at the force of that explosion (2 ships colliding in the harbor with one of them filled with bombs and other explosives). It was amazing to me how twisted chunks of the ship’s hull were found miles away from the blast site. The the force it would take to twist a 2 inch thick piece of steel is impossible for me to imagine when I see the actual piece of metal
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It never dawned on me until I was off to supper that evening that I hadn’t taken any photos of Halifax – that’s how unimpressed I was but, oh well, a new experience all in all so I was good with that! Will try to include more pics next time!
Tomorrow, off to Cape Breton to drive the famous Cabot Trail! Hope the weather is good cuz it’s all about the scenery on that drive from what I understand.