Halifax July 6 & 7


Stayed even closer to base yesterday, because the rain came down with a vengeance. We did make it to 
 the Canadian National Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 (clumsy name for a museum). Halifax has a few piers for cruise ships and the Queen Mary II was parked right next to the museum.
The museum is divided into 2 parts. One part shows visitors what it was like to immigrate through Pier 21 between 1928 and 1972.
The second exhibit was created to tell the story of 400 years of immigration to Canada, from initial contact with First Nations peoples to the present day.
We had a guide that was able to give us a more clear picture of what people had to go through to get here.
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Back to gorgeous weather today and a fair amount of walking up and down hills in Halifax.
The Public Gardens are renown for being established in the year of confederation, 1867, and across the street, from another landmark,
The Citadel (which we'll see a little bit more of tomorrow).

We spent some time in the Maritime Museum. There was a section dedicated to the Titanic disaster, anothe section dedicated to centuries of many boating disasters, and other sections dedicated to aboriginals, and other sections to everything else maritime from treasure hunting to naval battles.
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We had time to appreciate older buildings, some repurposed with new additions, and many new buildings that  mimic ship design.
.                    (city hall)
We even had time just to sit, at the waterfront.
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After dinner at an Irish pub
We went to the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia where we lucked out because we arrived just in time to join a tour.
One gallery was dedicated to Maude Lewis.
Her house was actually reassembled to exhibit in the gallery.
(the front door to the house which was repainted each year)
inside the house
and some works in other galleries.
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We were fortunate that we didn't have to walk too far to retrieve our car because by this time, we were pooped. Completely drained. But looking forward to another nice day tomorrow!

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