Travel Log - Day 11

Halifax, Nova Scotia - North Sydney, Nova Scotia ~ 500km

After checking out of the hotel, we used the morning and afternoon to see Halifax. We checked out the funky part of downtown then went to the waterfront area. I decided to visit the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic and I'm embarrassed to admit that I thought the Halifax Explosion was mine related. Oh, how very little I truly know about this country. I learned something new. I watched a documentary about the explosion, which was the largest man made catastrophe of its time, and looked at some of the boats, then browsed over some of the artifacts found in the Atlantic Ocean. The waterfront is a pleasant place to wander, get something to eat or learn some history.

We left Halifax around 4pm and drove to Sydney to catch the ferry to St. John's, Newfoundland which is on the eastern side of the province. It's a 14 hour ferry ride leaving at 11:30pm. All the cabins were booked, the sleeper dorms were not private so no sense paying to sleep there which left us sleeping in the reclining chairs that were free.

We didn't get to sleep until around 2 am because there was entertainment on this ferry. Some original Newfy music in the lounge. We were quite excited by this musical duo couple. He was very funny and he played four different instruments. I ended up buying a couple of CDs. They're not bad, but no where near as good as Great Big Sea or The Rankin Family (I adore them).

Love the accents of people from Newfoundland.


~ move clock ahead a half hour (Newfoundland time)