So I am sitting in my dorm room in Halifax unable to sleep. It is mainly due to the stupid time change. We are 3 hours ahead of Edmonton here so of course I don't feel tired!
Lily and I arrived safely this morning a little before 6:30 a.m. We were able to quickly catch a cab that brought us straight to Dalhousie University which is where I am right now. The plane ride was not fun! We couldn't sleep on the stupid plane because it was so uncomfortable. So all day Lily and I were running on basically 2 or so hours of sleep. (And on top of that, the nearest Starbucks is 3 blocks away, but we were too tired to walk there!) So we checked in to our dorms and received our room keys. We have separate rooms because there were no doubles available when we booked our accomodations here. It's alright though. She is just down the hall. Another odd thing about this dorm is the fact that our bathrooms are Co-Ed! Guys and girls use the same bathrooms. So today when we used the showers it just felt strange. Anyway, enough about that.
Nova Scotia is beautiful. We were able to do a tour today called "the Bluenose Coast Tour" with a man named Greg. He is originally from New Zealand and a very nice man! There were 2 other people who joined us on the tour. A couple, Peter and Ellen, from Australia - Brisbane to be exact. They were very friendly. A Japanese girl who was an exchange student at the UofA also came along. Small world! Our first stop on the tour was Mahone Bay. A beautiful and quaint town along Mahone Bay - hence the name. The buildings were all so old but renovated and given care in order to preserve them. We had about 45 minutes to an hour to look around. Of course the first place Lily and I hit up was the candy/fudge place! We got to try the Peanut Butter gelato there. It was so good! Except, it definitely did not have the right gelato consistency, but still very good. We stopped for a donair and mozza sticks and then headed back to the meeting spot. The photographs we took there were amazing. It was such a beautiful town!
We headed to the town of Lunenburg. That was another town full of history and amazing architecture. It was here that I had an amazing Peanut butter cheesecake and a dark roast cup of coffee that was so good, even Starbucks doesn't compare! And everyone knows how much I like my Pike Place roast at Starbucks! Lunenburg was a much more relaxed town. Not a lot of people out. We got some interesting photographs there too!
We then proceeded towards the magnificent Peggy's Cove. That was definitely the highlight of this tour. What an amazing Cove to visit! The lighthouse is so old and yet has so much character. The waves crashed against the rocks and it was just so beautiful. Despite the wind and cold, we definitely enjoyed spending time in that area. So beautiful!
Tomorrow we continue our adventures. We will be up bright and early to visit the many sights right here in Halifax. We are also meeting up with Jamin who has recently moved here to attend St. Mary's University. We are having coffee with him! It'll be a good day and I'm sure we will enjoy everything we will do. I have taken so many photos already! It's amazing!
We are also planning on getting some groceries tomorrow. Not too many, but just enough.
peace, love, and ice cream,
Hilda
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