August 28th, 2008
Halifax is a town full of old, cool looking buildings. It’s also loaded with funky pubs and bars. One could spend a fun, drunken week in that town and never hit the same place twice.
I checked out some of the sights, like the waterfront, the clocktower, and wandered around the downtown taking in the architecture of a previous age. Finally I stumbled across the maritime museum and had a blast checking out their boat restorations, history of sailing, and the displays of shipwrecks. There was a room dedicated to the 1917 Halifax explosion that happened when a French vessel carrying a full cargo of munitions collided with another ship in the harbor. The explosion killed 2000 people and wiped out a large section of the city!
After the museum I made my way over to the Red Stag pub, which sits next door to the Alexander Keith’s Brewery and had a bite of lunch. Then I hit the road towards Cape Breton, which I intend to check out tomorrow, along with the Fortress of Louisberg. Saturday I’m planning to head back to Charlottetown and then Sunday I begin the trek back west.
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