Hello Halifax - 20 Aug 2017

Margie and I flew on the real cheap air "New Leaf" which provided no water or food unless you paid for it.... we had brought our own so were fine. There were people on board who had not read the repeated advertising and thought that they would just be given these things and so had to purchase its credit card only on board.  One of the reasons that the airlines was so inexpensive was that they did not fly into the bigger airports. They flew into the smaller outlying bedroom city airports so paid less airport fees. We saved a bundle on the cost of our return tickets. We flew from Edmonton to Hamilton and then without getting off the plane, on to Halifax. Margie used the bathroom while in flight and noticed that all the signage was in Spanish. So, the plane had probably been purchased from Mexico or another Spanish speaking nation. They were older planes with very little leg room and so we were really ready for a big stretch by the time we got off the plane in Halifax.

We had used our airmiles to rent a car  and to get our hotel in Halifax. So far this trip was not costing us a lot. We found the car rental place at the airport and took possession of a very large vehicle. Margie drove to Halifax and I navigated as best I could. Halifax is a confusing city to drive in. One of the two main bridges was closed for maintenance and so we had to detour from the easy route to the more circuitous route. In the end , we did find our hotel downtown, right down the street from the Citadel.

We checked in and went to find a restaurant. Ended up on the wharf at Murphy's which was very good. I had the veggie burger and Margie had the lobster rolls which she said were delicious. After our  leisurely dinner we wandered around the wharf area. We saw Tommy the Tugboat moored at the wharf too. The harbor was beautiful and there was a lighthouse across the bay which was very picturesque.   We then slowly worked our way back up the eight  blocks to our hotel.

Halifax is a beautiful city with a lot of history and even more hills, well actually, one big hill from the wharf to the hotel. There were so many wonderful old buildings all lit up, we really enjoyed the walk up one block and then following it along the level side then up another block and weaving our way up and across, back and forth. We covered a lot of downtown Halifax that way. We did find our way back to the hotel eventually. Falling asleep was easy as travelling is hard and the walk home tuckered us out completely. We came from flat Edmonton where you could walk for over an hour and not find a hill of any kind.