Went over the bridge to Halifax for the beautiful sun lit day. We went to church to the St. Mary’s Cathedral Basilica built in 1784. The mass was similar to ours at home in content but, there are parts in Latin, in song and liturgy, standing after the presentation of the Eucharist. Believe it or not all versus of the songs. We lit a vigil light for our parents. Shirleen, Jim and I went down to the wharf to find Pat and Dave. We spotted their Vette in a parking lot and we went there also. We walked around the wharf towards the area they were to meet us. Tied up at the dock was a Canadian Corvette, that is a ship not car. We hung around the area we were to meet them and I looked up to the front of the street and there they were walking past us a block away. We hooked up and went to find a place to eat.
We ate at the wharf at Murphy’s on the Water. Ladies had a lobster wrap and the men had a seafood casserole, it consisted of salmon, shrimp, haddock and lobster with a crust on top. We then split up and Shirleen and I went to some of the stores and looked around. We were headed to the parking lot and sat at a bench by the wharf. Another couple sat down close to us and we started a conversation. They were from a favorite city of ours, Montreal. We chatted and when we mentioned Boston as our next stop they mentioned Legal Seafood as a good restaurant. We had eaten at one in West Palm Beach a couple years ago. We hooked up with the other group and went to the City Garden. It was a four block square area. The weeping elm trees, statues and gazebo were striking. The flowers were sculptured on raised beds, beauty abound.
The other group went back to the motel, we had hours to go. Our first stop was up the clock hill to the Citadel. The Citadel is an old fortress with a dramatic city overview, people in costume and many old cannons. We lucked out because it cost 11,50$ each but seeing it was only 15 minutes left to be open, the lady guard let us park where the buses do and left us in for nothing. I ended up buying a lead 1700’s soldier.
We then headed around the city streets to look at the old houses and character of the city. Well time for dinner, we had heard that the best seafood restaurant is the 5 Fishermen, http://www.fivefishermen.com/. With dinner we have a nice salad bar along with a plate of mussels, some of the best I have had. Shirleen had a cabernet and a nice piece of Slow Roasted Sambro Halibut - $38 leeks vinaigrette, lobster & mascarpone ravioli, lobster oil; I Five Fishermen Bouillabaisse - $36 a celebrated “Provençal” style seafood stew with spicy garlic rouille, packed with salmon, haddock, scallops, shrimp with small red potatoes, green beans, red pepper and mushrooms in a tasty not spicy tomato base, just plain yummy.
Back to the motel, jumped on the bridge and threw our 75 cents into the change hopper, well it didn’t take dimes and nickels?? Threw them in again and off we went. Hope they understood? We took the first right, just like yesterday but everything looked different. Did I tell you there re two bridges, well we recognized the road because it was the one we used going downtown Dartmouth last night. Tomorrow we head to Houlton Maine 326 miles away, got to remember our passports. jerr
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