We arrived in Halifax at 8am today and were off the ship for our first excursion (“Halifax Highlights” by bus) thirty minutes later.
Our first stop was the Halifax Public Gardens.
We drove through the Halifax Citadel on our way to our next stop, the Fairview Lawn Cemetery where many victims of the Titanic and the Halifax Explosion are buried (along, of course, with thousands of other Haligonians).
Our last stop for the morning was the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, which has a terrific exhibit on the Titanic (including many artifacts), as well as exhibits on Cunard, the Age of Sail, maritime communications, and much more. I could have spent a few more hours there, but that would have meant missing our next excursion (and lunch!).
We drove to the southern end of the harbour so we could see our first lighthouse of the day and then returned to the ship.
The second excursion was “Picture Perfect Peggy’s Cove”. Much of the drive covered the same ground as our morning excursion, but I was struck by the horses when we passed the Halifax Lancers field.
The scenery was beautiful all the way and only got more interesting as we reached Peggy’s Cove itself.
We finally tore ourselves away from the lighthouse and spent the rest of our time exploring the village and shops – twenty minutes wasn’t long enough.
And then it was back to the bus for the trip back to Halifax and the ship.
