It's getting harder to keep the dates and days of the week straight let alone the time zone. Atlantic time is ahead of everything else except this corner of the world.
We started slower with a list of questions to sort out as we settle into this corner of our trip. We have to be south of nearby car, shuttle or ? by the end of the week and need to work out those details today. We need reservations, tickets and such. Our last stop in Canada will be Yarmouth where we stay overnight to catch the ferry back to Portland Maine after an all day trip.
We found a recommended cafe shop to orient from and then hiked downtown to search out the information center. That took a bit of effort but we found the main location on the waterfront which had just the help we needed and lots of info plus free wireless of course. We learned of the times for our coming travel, museums, good places to eat, answers to our questions, and about a free walking tour later today.
It was mid afternoon when we left the info center and headed for lunch. Pub food, sea food, or local organics? Lots of choices. Downtown is under construction everywhere but most places are open and just need to be located.
We settled on the Wooden Monkey which is highly recommended and promoted local foods and farms with awards for doing it well. The meal was slow coming but that gave us time to work on the new information we had gathered. When we finished it was time to head back to the info center to tie up some loose ends including getting our ferry ticket reservations. We also got bus tips and more for the next few days. We hurried back up the hill and met Cameron, our free walking tour guide, who is a recent student with a dream and much good local information. This was his last day here before leaving for Montreal with his dad to look for "real" work. He was too busy but opted to take us on his last tour. He has mastered 4 languages and has an excellent manner about him. We jumped in and out of history, current events, local politics and sustainable businesses. He left us happy and full of interest. We wished him well.
Back to the Maritime Museum for its free evening. It was very interesting especially the war of 1812 and the local and regional role played in Canada. The 1917 explosion in Halifax that killed mant thousands and destroyed much of the city was a huge gap in my knowledge that echoed in my ears as I struggled to grasp what that must have been like to experience the magnitude of what happened here on 12-6-17. We finished the evening at the museum with some fine local music and bought a CD to enjoy and share later.
We had packed in a very full day and wandered back up the hill in the dark. We couldn't decide if we needed dinner so we just wandered our way back to the apartment. We have adjusted to the dim lighting and layout there and enjoyed a long evening of photo review, planning, and communication with others. I stayed up too late watching the A's baseball game and reading.
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