Honeymoon:
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Later that day, we travelled to Portland, Maine, where we caught the Scotia Prince overnight ferry to Nova Scotia. Scott had been to Nova Scotia for one day nearly 9 years earlier, and Sarah had never been there. While on the ferry, we had a guest room that matched some hotel rooms - double bed, full bath, etc. There was champagne and fruit waiting for us from the ferry company, which was a nice surprise.
On Tuesday, July 4, we arrived in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia approximately 9am. Going through customs was not too problematic and the officer even commented on the car window "I see someone got your windows. Have a good trip."
We then drove east along the southern shore to Halifax. This is about a 4 hour drive, but we made several pit stops - Tim Horton's loved us on the honeymoon with the amount of times we stopped at them. We also stopped at a couple of scenic places along the way, including Liverpool, with a lighthouse and some historical information about its harbor.
Mid afternoon, we arrived in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, where we stayed at the Holiday Inn - Harbourview. This was just across the harbor from Halifax. As we were on the top floor, we had great views. That night, we enjoyed a deluxe suite with jacuzzi, room service, etc. And, of course, we watched the Boston Pops on TV, which for some reason was not such a big deal there.
On Wednesday, July 5, we changed from our deluxe suite to a normal suite (half the size, but still bigger and fancier than most hotel rooms) that still overlooked the harbor. This was our home until we left the Halifax area that weekend. Our first problem on the honeymoon was this day, when we encountered some problems with a stray charge to one of our credit cards. Luckily, this was taken care of fairly quickly.
That afternoon, we went to Peggy's Cove, a popular tourist spot a half
hour away, near where there was the Swiss Air crash a couple of years ago.
We didn't get any pictures of the two of us there, but individually:
Scott and Sarah.
It had changed some since Scott had been there (including some funky environmental
public bathrooms).
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After a mid-afternoon lunch at the restaurant in Peggy's Cove, we headed
back toward Halifax, taking another route.
Once back in Halifax, we visited the public gardens, which were beautiful. One highlight is a cute bandstand pictured on the left. A Dairy Queen across the street eventually caught our attention, so we left to get some ice cream and then headed back to the hotel, crossing the long Angus Macdonald Bridge across the inner harbor. |
On Thursday, we checked out Dartmouth itself, which had a nice river walk, and a walk along an old canal attempt. There was also a local museum which had some interesting pieces, and was adjacent to a nice park with gardens and gazebos overlooking the harbor. For dinner that night, we took a ferry across the harbor to downtown Halifax. The ferry terminal in Dartmouth was a brief walk from the hotel, and the ride took about 10 minutes. We went to McKelvies, a nice restaurant in the district near the harbor, where we had some great food. Afterwards, we walked along the riverwalk where we saw lots of buskers. We sat for a show of the "Sneetches" which we enjoyed a lot. A ferry ride at dusk had us regret not taking our cameras for the evening as the sun set over the bridges and made wonderful colorations in the sky.
Friday involved another ferry ride to Halifax, where we took a 2 mile walk to Pleasant Point Park. We did not explore many sections of the park, but enjoyed the time we spent along one of its beaches and shoreline. We ate dinner at an Italian place and watched some more buskers before ferrying home again.
On Saturday, we drove north towards the Bay of Fundy. In Truro,
we explored Victoria Park, with several trails and climbs to stretch our
legs on. We also travelled along the channel to Parrsboro, where
Sarah got to be a geologist and observe a geologically famous site.
No one else was there when we were, which made it very pleasant and serene.
We were there just before the tide, and we could tell that the tide was
coming in fairly fast, so we didn't stay as long as we might have liked,
and headed back.
We stopped in Truro for dinner, after observing
the tide from an inlet we had visited earlier in the day. It was
interesting but not very spectacular in that particular spot.
On Sunday, we checked out and headed west, along the northern shore
and the Bay of Fundy. We arrived in Yarmouth late afternoon, and
checked into the hotel by the ferry terminal. We felt lucky to have
been able to reserve a room there, even though we hadn't called until the
previous day.
We drove out to the lighthouse and park in Yarmouth,
which was only about a mile from the hotel, but across the harbor, so it
was about 15 to 20 minutes to wind around to get there. We
enjoyed a dinner and walk along the harbor and then went to sleep as the
next day would be a long, tiring one.
We returned on the day version of the ferry on Monday, July 10.
It was raining and the waters were a little rough. We both got seasick
on board, but got better once we enterer the Portland area, where the waters
were calmer. We arrived about 8pm. We stayed at a Holiday Inn
outside of Portland that night and returned to Stougton the next day.
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