The flight from Vancouver via Toronto to Halifax wasn’t particularly eventful, except that I sat next to Matthias from Munich on the first leg, who was flying back home from Toronto, and therefore I didn’t get to continue reading my exciting book ;).
I arrived in Halifax at around 11:15 p.m. and just as I left the airport building, it started to rain. The shuttle left at midnight and I arrived at the hostel shortly before 1 a.m. Although I cooked some pasta before going to bed, I was the only one in my room who was ‘already’ there. However, I only woke up briefly when the others crawled into their beds much later.
The next morning, of course, it was time for the obligatory city tour, and it was no fun: the temperature was over 20 degrees Celsius and the humidity was enough to water the rainforest. As soon as you stepped out into the “fresh” air, you were completely drenched in sweat, and Halifax is also hilly. Not exactly ideal for a first impression. The $11.50 admission fee to the Citadel was too expensive for me, so I spent quite a while wandering around the old cemetery and the public gardens (both completely free) and took some photos in the grey and foggy weather:
When I wanted to visit the waterfront afterwards, it started to rain so heavily, that I decided to quickly head back to the hostel.
The next day, I thought about going on a deep-sea fishing trip (without fishing, of course—what would I want to do with a dead fish???), but after inspecting the boat, I decided against it and instead continued reading my book in the harbor in the bright sunshine, while an ambitious amateur photographer took a picture of me. Hmmm, it’s a shame I didn’t ask him if I could have the photo…
In the afternoon, I continued planning my trip and, after careful consideration (about 30 minutes), decided on Digby as my next stop.
Why?
Quite simply because I actually wanted to go to Lawrencetown Beach to surf. However, the lady from the hostel in Lawrencetown Beach didn’t reply to my email, and Digby is the next stop by bus.
It should be noted that I had overlooked the fact that there exist two different Lawrencetowns in Nova Scotia and that the Lawrencetown with the surfing beach is near Halifax and over 250 km away from Digby, but no one could have figured that at the time 😉
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