Day 18 (October 4th) Halifax & Airport



Tree changing colour



The park bandstand

Halifax has the second largest natural harbour in the world (Sydney, Australia is the largest) and has a rich maritime history.  It was the gateway for many immigrants to the new world and there is an immigration museum.  It was also the place where the Titanic survivors and the remains of those who perished were brought and there is a Titanic museum and special cemeteries.  As it was dry and warm we decided not to visit these but go and explore the city a bit (we could probably find out about the history online).  We walked to the public park which had a beautiful

dahlias

pond with Titanic model

 exhibition of dahlias.  We had quite a walk around the park which had some good features.

We had a snack in the park café and then had a walk around the nearby citadel which like Quebec's had never been used in anger and is now used as barracks.

The old town hall

We then walked down to the waterfront and passed the old town hall which is an attractive building.  We passed as well the restaurant where our group

The Five Fishermen restaurant 

along the waterfront

had arranged to have a final day meal together.  Walking along the waterfront was pleasant with shops, performers and demonstrations as well as old boats.

We came to a large "farmers market" which was very busy and selling all sorts of local produce. After a quick look and tour we made our way back to the hotel.

By this time we had learnt that the Scillonian was cancelled on the Monday which we had booked and so rebooked onto Skybus.  At the hotel we used their computer to book in for the flight back to Heathrow.  It was time to walk back to the Five Fishermen and we all had a very satisfactory meal together before gathering again at the hotel for the evening coach transport to Halifax airport and the plane back to blighty.