We arrived there a day early, having left the island on Wednesday morning. We lucked out with a fairly mild and sunny day. It certainly made for a pleasant drive. We arrived around 2:00 and were able to check into our hotel a bit early. Lloyd had worked the night before so he headed off to have a nap, while I found a comfy chair by a sunny window in a lounge to read.
We had a reservation at Chives for dinner. We stopped in quite a bit earlier than our allotted time but they were able to accommodate us early. We enjoyed a delicious meal and a leisurely walk back to our hotel.
The rest of the gang arrived around 2:00 in the morning so we met up with them around 9:30. After a stop for coffee, it was time for our tour, which lasted approximately an hour and a half. The day started out not too cold and just got better as the day went on.
After the tour we all headed to a local pub for some lunch. By this time both Lloyd and Greg were done in and headed back to their respective hotels for nap time.
Meanwhile Patti, James and I struck out on foot to tour. James was wanting to visit the Citadel but
unfortunately all exhibits were closed. So we went downtown and toured around.
We finally all met up again for supper, heading once again to the same pub, which was much busier than at lunch time. But service was good and we were out in time to get everyone to the airport for their flight home. Patti was working the flight so James and Greg had no way to get to the airport except for a horribly expensive cab. No worries, we had the car so we drove them out. Unfortunately our GPS died just as we got back to town and in the dark, we struggled to find our way back to the hotel. We eventually made it, after stopping 3 times to ask directions. Once we got back, we walked up the street to a local spot to have a drink. Great way to end the day!
Friday morning was overcast but very mild. The temperature hovered around 15' pretty much all day. We were supposed to have rain all day, but we never really saw any. After getting packed up and checked out of the hotel, we found our way to the new Ikea store in Halifax. A tour through the store and a stop for lunch (Lloyd loves those swedish meatballs), and we were on our way home.
We arrived in town around 4:00, lots of time to pick up the dog at the boarding kennel, stop at the store for some supplies and then home.
Because I was away, I had to do my cards on Saturday. No worries, I only had one stop this week. The rest of the weekend was pretty uneventful. We were supposed to get lots of rain, but in the end, it really didn't amount to much. We saw terrible images of other parts of the maritimes so we were really lucky.
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