Halifax

When we arrived in Halifax the temperature was in the low 40s, windy and raining.  Not exactly great weather for touring the city on foot.  As usual we had breakfast en suite, and I finally took a photo before we tore into everything:

The rain let up at around noon so we dressed warmly and went for a walk.  Halifax is a really charming, pretty city with lots going on.  There is a lot of construction happening, including a big new hotel and residential complex near the waterfront.  Here are a few photos from our walk:

Spring flowers:

We ran across this lifesaving drill in progress (they're using a dummy):

Have a look at this very cute Havanese named Cooper who we met along the way:

Below is a statue of Samuel Cunard, native of Halifax and founder of the Cunard Line. He established the first scheduled steamship connection between  North America and England.  

Halifax was important in the rescue and recovery efforts after the sinking of the Titanic.  Many of those who died are buried in Halifax cemeteries. 

The marker shown below commemorates the Grand Dérangement, the displacement of French speaking Acadians from Nova Scotia in the 1750s.  Many of the expelled Acadians moved to Louisiana and became known as the Cajuns. To this day, they still speak their own distinctive French dialect and maintain their musical and cultural traditions.  

The Cow's ice cream empire has a couple of stores in Halifax so despite the very cold weather we got ice cream and it was great.

After all, we won't be getting any more of this delicious stuff after today.  Tomorrow we head back to the USA with a stop in Bar Harbor, Maine, which will be the location of my next post.  

Until tomorrow!