Sea and Sand

Greetings from Prince Edward Island! It has been a fantastic three days and Sarah and I have lots to say and show!

On Wednesday morning, in Halifax, we first stopped by on our travels at Fairview Lawn Cemetery where lots of people from the Titanic are buried. It was very surreal to see all the headstones with April 15, 1912 on all of them. Quite of few of them didn't even have a name.

Though this gravestone is for a woman and her four children, most of the graves were for men, because of the chivalrous rule "women and children  first"

The "unknown child",who, thanks to science, is now known.

 After the cemetery we all walked along the boardwalk. It was really sunny day and quite warm!

After our little walk, half of us went to The Maritime Museum. It was really great! It had lots of information on all things water, ships, Titanic, and the Halifax explosion.

If a pirate was captured, he was hung and then tarred and put into on of these cages and put by the harbour as a warning to other pirates

Theodore Tugboat model that they actually used in the making of the show

Included in the museum pass was a peek about this ship.

After our museum time we went to Citadel Hill, Halifax's fortress. It was built in the early 1800's and was used up until WWII. We got a guided tour about and saw lots of the nooks and crannies, all furnished in the 1869 style.

A view from the wall of the Citadel

Then we went inside St. Mary's Basilica. It was a gorgeous church!

On our way back to our cars, the dads had to make a stop at Garrison's, a beer brewing spot. So the kids joined in and had root beers!

The next day, Thursday, we left for Peggy's Cove. It was raining quite heavily for periods, but it was still great to see one of Canada's most photographed places! It was a perfect lighthouse. According to legend, Peggy was traveling by ship and the ship was caught in a storm. She survived and landed at this cove.

Trying to hide from the rain

After our short stop at Peggy's Cove, we had another short stop at a lobster place where you can buy lobster to eat there or later. We stopped and everyone, except myself, tried some!

You can tell who likes lobster or not

After our lobster taste test, we went over to Lunenburg. Lunenburg is a cute old town with lots of shops and also where the Bluenose II is docked!

The Bluenose II

Colourful Lunenburg

The following day, today, we took the ferry over to Prince Edward Island! It only lasted an hour and a half.

 Once we arrived, we headed to the singing sands beach. Unfortunately it was too windy to hear anything.

Our first taste of red sand

 After our long day we got to our wonderful cabins and sat around playing games! This picture shows us having a toast to my grandfather who passed away this summer; he also wanted to go to the east coast.

                                     

That's all I have to say for now. Hope all of you back home are doing well! Here's to a great day pretending to be Anne of Green Gables tomorrow!