A day of rest in Halifax

Hi F and F,

Woke up to a grey day with drizzle and plans to take the bus Ito Halifax city to look around.First the holding tank gauge need attending.

Our friendly Dock Master here who as Graeme said  should be cloned as he is so wonderful ,had arranged for a technician to come on board this morning. He worked out the problem which was minor.

However it took two hours to do , mainly because he had a young helper along could have been his son, and proceeded to use the time as a teaching experience. Still the job was done well and we could tick that off the list.

Around 11 am we took the bus in.It required a change of bus at the Halifax Town  center where we obtained a free transfer. Once in Halifax city we headed to the Nova Scotia bank first and decided to have a Tim Hortons experience for lunch.This is like the Dunkin Donuts in the USA .Then onto Rogers the Canadian tel company to get our new extra telephone activated. We also stopped to check out the Citadel high on the hill overlooking the city.It was pretty miserable walking up in the driving rain but worth a look. The other thing on our list was the Maritime Museum, good indoor activity today.It was filled with lots of life size and model boats , and stories of cruise adventures and wrecks .The Titanic was featured as this area was the first to respond when the mighty ship sank.There was a guide who described it all in detail. Also unknown to us this is where the Cunard Passenger shipping line started .

Mr Cunard had a very successful company and was born right here in Halifax. Got back on the bus system a very inexpensive trip both ways only $2.50 each .

Got back just in time for our new friends we had made on our dock to join us on Lady Erica for drinks and nibbles. Lynn and John had just done our journey but in reverse in their 36' trawler and had many helpful ideas on places to go and anchorages to try.They also very kindly lent us their guide books for the rest of our journey.

We had dinner over at the Royal Squadron YC and both had their signature Haddock dish which was very tasty. Lots of silver sailing cups lined the shelves of their glass cabinets and we found out this is one of the few Royal Squadron yacht Clubs in the world .There are several in Australia,one in New  Zealand and of course Britain. Time to head back to the boat for reading and then  bed.

Over and Out, 

S and S.