Today was an opportunity to play tourist in Halifax, however before any sights were seen Dave and I took our bikes into a bike shop in Halifax for some TLC. Finding our way either to the campsite from the bikeshop or the other way around proved to be quite difficult for us technically-challenged old people. We did find it eventually and left them there for the day. After lunch D&N did a quick tour of the maritime museum where we thoroughly enjoyed the 35 minute lesson on crime and punishment on the waters of Halifax. The guide was very entertaining! We then climbed the hill for a guided "free" tour of Halifax. We started doing these free tours when we were in Europe a number of years ago and found them to be excellent with a few exceptions. The way they work, for the uninformed, is the tour guide relies entirely on tips. If you think they did a good job you tip them accordingly; if not you leave without tipping. Our guide of Halifax certainly knew his stuff. The only down-side was starting at the citadel and walking DOWN to the water for the finish. We then had to walk back up the hill to get back the the bike shop. After picking up our bikes we went to arguably the best restaurant of the trip, so far. We both opted for the fixed-price dinner where we had different starters, entres, sides, but the same desserts. Half way through the meal we decided to go for a second glass of wine and take a taxi back to camp. Wise choice.
This was Dustin's last day on the tour and the Bromleys spent the day together. They took in a tour of the citadel, Peir 21 (where all immigrants were processed including Heidi's father-in-law), and walked around the waterfront before heading to the airport.
It was a busy day, certainly not what would be called a regular "rest" day but very enjoyable.
Tomorrow is a longer ride to Sheet Harbour on our final leg of Nova Scotia.
Cheers,
Nancy and Dave
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