A Sidetrip to Halifax

Halifax is a cool little city and a major port. I really dig cities with water all around and through and in between, so I knew I'd like this one.

Things we did in Halifax:

1. Shopped at the Farmer's Market, the oldest in North America. I bought local honey, tea from a local tea maker, and an awesome ring (to continue my tradition of a piece of locally-made jewelry wherever I travel).



2. Visited our farm-family hosts at their farmer's market booth. It was huge and really great!







3. Drove to Peggy's Cove, about 40 minutes south of Halifax. It's a tiny little town, population 60. It's the only post office run from a lighthouse in North America. And, they stamped our passports for us! (We didn't get stamped into Canada when we crossed the border.)



4. Ate fish sandwiches in Peggy's Cove and then walked around the little town and visited the two shops.

5. Stopped at the Swiss Air 111 Crash memorial just outside Peggy's Cove.

6. Checked into the very nice hostel.



7. Drank beers at The Maxwell Plum. Had Pump House, brewed in Moncton, N.B.; McAuslan from Quebec; and Propeller, from Halifax.

8. Ate a delicious dinner of mussels and seafood stew at The Economy Shoe Shop.





9. Drank more McAuslan Apricot (so good!) at The Henry House.



10. Dealt with the lunatic who came into the hostel dorm at 12:30 a.m. and turned on all the lights and then left.

11. Visited the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Became enlightened to the fact that the Titanic sunk off the coast of Nova Scotia and Haligonians went out to find and pick up all the dead bodies they could. (Who knew?) Saw an amazing Halifax Explosion exhibit to round out my full obsessive-education of this disaster. Also learned all about Sable Island and the thousands of shipwrecks around this 24 mile long sandbar off of Nova Scotia. Very cool.

12. Walked all along the water boardwalk past George's Island (was used as a prison while they were deporting all the Acadians in 1755).

13. Shopped and ate a quick snack at the Hydrostone Market way up on Young Street. It was reconstructed after the Explosion because even that far up from the harbor was destroyed.

14. Had a lovely drive to and from Halifax.