26th October, 2016. Halifax, Nova Scotia

The previous evening also proved difficult for many people due to the wind and the sea. We were alright although Jeanette felt a little squirmiest during the night.

We arrived and it was dry and sunshine was about through cloudy skies. Today we are doing a tour through Halifax Taxis to Peggy Cove a bustling crab and tourist cove to the north of the city. 

We met our tour guide Les Daurie  from Halifax taxis tours. 902-471-2411  and he gave us a 35 minute tour of the city through several residential areas.  He was an excellent guide with many wonderful stories.  our group of 6 consisted of Sawn and Corey Tennant , ourselves and Lilly and Jim.  We all got along well.

Then we drove the hour or so to the spectacular scenery of Peggy Cove an internationally acclaimed lobster fishing area which features prominently on post cards and in tourist films of Nova Scotia.  We walked from the van to the light house then back along the road to the wharves where the fisherman are with their crabs etc.  Really very interesting and spectacular scenery.  Peggy 's Cove is a small rustic fishing village with a population of 40 people. We saw several different lobster traps and had the lobster industry explained in detail.

The tour ended with the visit to De Garthe Monument, which was carved from a massive slab of granite by local artist William DeGarthe.  We visited the local shops tried the ginger bread and also listened to the crashing surf.  This is a wild sea faring environment.

From here we drove back toward Halifax to visit the wonderful Maritime Museum and as we experienced previously you are never far from the history of the Titanic, whilst in Halifax, because it sank some 700 nautical miles east of Halifax.

We also visited the historic Halifax Citadel a military fort built over several decades from 1828. 

Our last stop was a brief visit to Halifax Public Gardens, very similar to a small botanic garden, Here the serene setting is graced by classical fountains,and ponds with black ducks and white swans. 

An excellent tour. 

Later we changed for our first dinner in the Polo Grill, specialty restaurant , which we enjoyed very much, then a show featuring a very good comedian.