We had perfect weather and a very good time in Halifax. We took a walk along “tourist row” and saw Cow’s Ice cream, reputed to be the best in town. We would never know whether it was good or not. Th shop was packed and the line extended outside and way down the walkway. Fortunately for us, there was another Cow’s close to the botanical garden. There was one person ahead of us. It is really good ice cream after all. That just shows the importance of visiting the gardens.

After the ice cream, the next most favorite stop was the Citadel. It’s a nice thing that we chose to take the tour. We learned a lot about weapons over the years. They used part of the grounds to simulate the D-Day invasion. They built reproductions of a German pillbox and an amphibious landing craft out of plywood, so we could get an idea of what it was like. We also learned that it took a long time to build the citadel. A typical setback was that the first engineer got drunk, fell of the wall, and died.

Just by luck, I was walking along one of the walls and came across a crew practicing the firing of the canon. They did an impressive job. When it came time to simulate lighting the fuse, the supervisor said “bang” rather softly. I couldn’t help from feeling “That’s it????” It was much more impressive when they actually fired the canon, later on in the day.

Here’s a shot of a bunch of kids having fun at tourist row. If you look closely, you will see the stone has the message “For your protection do not climb”.

Some people think it’s important to try the local food, not matter how disgusting it is. I tend not to be so venturous, but we did try a local food here in Halifax. We got a Donair sandwich. This is basically a Gyro with garlic sauce instead oft tzatziki. It was good, but we won’t worry about finding a local source of Donairs in Columbia.

This is the last port of call for our trip. We should arrive in Boston Saturday and get home late in the day,.