The Princess Regal docked at Pier 21. This was the sign on the building outside our balcony. The sign looks small but after counting the bricks I estimated it to be 16 feet or about 5 meters tall. Had to throw in the metric as we are in Canada. The sign reads that Pier 21 is one of the Seven Wonders of Canada. We did a little research into this and Pier 21 is the front door to immigrants into Canada, sometimes compared to Ellis Island.
Our scheduled excursion for today was a bus/coach tour to Peggy’s Cove. The tour guide described the sites along the way. As we got closer to the Cove, many of the houses were stacking up their lobster traps in anticipation of the “drop” at the end of November. Fishing and lobster trapping is the main occupation in this area of Nova Scotia.
There were quite a few fishing houses near Peggy’s Cove. Interesting fact from our guide, these houses are all built on granite. They do not have basements, foundation are above ground, they do not have wells or septics. Some have rain collection or have water brought in.
The light house was beautiful situated up on huge, huge granite boulders. I have included a couple pics so you can see just how massive the granite it. It was breezy but the sunshine warmed us up. This site is a must when traveling to Nova Scotia.
The waters are so blue and the waves constantly crash the granite shore. Just pretty to sit and watch.
Cute bear welcoming us. Just had to include him.
Ivan Frazier is a local known for writing children’s books. I will have to look up the books when I get home.
He is a quirky guy. He has a camera up the road and waits for tour busses to pass. As they near his house he runs out his front door, grabs the giant anchor in his yard and jumps up and down. This is his was to bring attention to his children’s books. Notice his painted house! Pretty amazing!
Back in the city we found lunch at The Old Traingle, a Irish Pub just a few blocks off the waterfront in the old downtown area. The atmosphere was just perfect to bring you back to old Ireland. Our service was impeccable. Poutine is French fries and fresh cheese curds topped with chicken gravy. This is an original and favorite of Canada so we had to try it (no we did not finish it all). The addition of the cheese curds melting under the hot gravy was very tasty.
Again, my husband had the fish & chips. These were beer batter fried and the best on the trip so far. I had a corned beef sandwich with house cured corned beef, thinly sliced Swiss cheese, dill pickle, and grainy mustard on rye. The grainy mustard was wonderful!
Time to walk off the poutine. Halifax is a very steep city. We walked up to the old Citadel and Clock Tower. When we were here 29 years ago, you could stand at the Citadel and look into the harbor. Now there are so many tall buildings obstruction the gorgeous view. If you visit the Citadel go in for the tour.
We continued walking around the city. We really love Halifax and were glad to visit again after all these years.
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