In Halifax, houses in a nice neighborhood back right up to the working elevators.
Who knew Samuel Cunard was from Nova Scotia and the ship line makes its home here??
My favorite Halifax apartment building, just because.
Haligonian municipal humor.
Halifax has a wonderful, lengthy boardwalk promenade lined with real working boats, museums, places to eat.
Loved watching the goings-on at the coming Nova Centre mixed used high-rise in the heart of downtown.
Again, at The Citadel, Allen makes for information back-and-forth conversation with the re-enactors, all extremely knowledgeable students from the local university. This guy's outfit, btw, costs about $10,000 to replace. I asked about it after pricing $275 tartan-pattern socks in a kilt shop in St. Peter.
Halifax harbour from Citadel Hill.
Interior of the Citadel.
Just like in Washington, historic facades are maintained against new structures.
The Lt. Governor's Mansion
Another cool mansion, where, upon closer inspection...
...I saw the Finnish Konsulat emblem, so of course I entered to ask about it. Turns out it's a sweet deal between the law firm owning this building and The Finnish government in order to accommodate immigration and emigration paperwork for Finns in Nova Scotia.
And lo and behold, while walking by the Radisson, I noticed a Dale Chihuly fixture in the lobby. Turns out it had just been installed the day before and I knew more about it and the artist than did the folks at the front desk.
We pretended we were foodies and visited the #1 Trip Advisor restaurant in Halifax, Stories. Meal was wonderful, reasonable, and the star was this scallops-en-rice-paper-envelope appetizer.
From the MacDonald Bridge.
Davenport Farmer's Market
Maple syrup cotton candy vendors; why yes, we did!
Downtown Halifax from Davenport
Eastern Passage south of downtown Halifax
Saturday night brought "Nocturne," an annual performance/visual arts evening taking place in 100+ venues across central Halifax.
Nocturne included an open-house tour of the Lt. Governor's mansion.
In the Lt. Gov's house, the Queen is featured prominently in some great portraits and awful busts.
Formal Dining Room. Our tour guide was a Mountie, a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police who was a volunteer aide in mansion.
Hockey mask art
But the evening's highlight was a pole dancer who could hold on through any number of tough contortions. Allen was mesmerized ;-)
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