wednes jun 19

woke up to a rainy day, kind of blah, but that gave us the opportunity to have a leisurely breakfast for a change. today was our first tourist (i.e., non- driving) day and it was great to feel un-rushed.
left around 10:30 to head into halifax and go to the pier 21 immigration museum (for all you history buffs, you'll enjoy www.pier21.ca)
joanne found the plaque at pier21 for her parents.

there we dropped off a suitcase that our family brought over from germany exactly 60 years ago next month. the museum had quite a good display of stories and memorabilia, especially from the post-war immigration boom.
then a short walk along the harbour boardwalk to a restaurant (first time on this vacation, the burger king fiasco doesn't count...) called salty's overlooking the harbour for a great feast of  fish & chips for lunch. good restaurant but very pricey, will look for a basic ma &pa place next time. they gave us a table on their patio so that we could include max - who just loved the fish! by now the clouds had gone away and left a gorgeous sunny day
of  course you cant go to nova scotia without going to peggy's cove so we figured we'd better do that. very cool place! started chatting to a couple of oldies, only to learn that they live in wiarton about 10 miles from our cottage!! small world, eh?

so then it was late afternoon and back to the camper we went and i goofed around cuz i didnt want to interfere with joanne's cooking!
at the moment we are trying to start a campfire with only modest success.
a really nice evening!
tomorrow we're outta here again cuz of course you cant go to nova scotia without visiting the cabot trail, so cape breton it is.