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There's a possibility of rain today, so we slept in on purpose. After breakfast, we drove downtown, parking in a parking garage this time. It has a set price that you can pay that allows one to remain parked there until 6 pm, regardless of when you arrived. We took advantage of this.
We walked over to the Maritime Museum. They had two exhibits in particular that we wanted to catch. One was a permanent exhibit on the Titanic (Halifax was instrumental in the aftermath of the sinking, burying the recovered bodies, and comforting the survivors) and the other was a temporary exhibit on Pirates. The Titanic exhibit was okay, but I thought the one in Orlando was more informative. The Pirate exhibit was also okay, but didn't contain anything I didn't already know. Wandering through the rest of the permanent exhibits was very interesting.
The three photos above were taken at the Maritime Museum in the area devoted to the Titanic exhibit. The photo on the left is a diorama of a second class cabin. They had similar exhibits for the first and third class staterooms. The center photo shows a replica of a Titanic deck chair. Museum visitors were encouraged to touch and sit in this replica. The photo on the right shows one of the Titanic deck chairs recovered during rescue operations.
The photo to the right is also from the Maritime Museum and shows the morse log made by the operators at Cape Race of the messages sent from the sinking Titanic.
We started out our museum visit with a screening of their 3-D movie about diving on the Titanic. Very well done!
When we tired of walking around the exhibits, we stopped in the gift shop for some books, then asked the cashier to recommend a place for lunch. She had an excellent recommendation, The Old Triangle, an Irish pub just a block or so uphill from the Museum. Spinach salad for me, veggie burger for Carl, and we split some luscious sweet potato fries.
After a very enjoyable lunch, we walked uphill to Citadel, a fortress which has helped guard Halifax harbor since the 1780s. The admission price was a bit Over priced, but the place was interesting in its own way.
The photo on the left above shows one of the guards at the main entrance to the Citadel. The center photo shows two of the guards involved in the changing of the guard. The photo on the right shows the communication flagstaffs at the Citadel.
The photo on the left shows a view of the port and downtown Halifax from the Citadel ramparts. The center photo shows a red double decker tour bus approaching the Citadel. The photo to the right shows part of the "ditch" that surrounds the Citadel.
The photo on the left above shows part of the harbor for Halifax and its lighthouse. The center photo shows the Canadian flag flying high over the inner harbor and downtown Halifax. The photo on the right shows the HMS Olympic in her World War I camouflage colors. The Olympic was a sister ship to the Titanic.
The photos above show the Town Clock. The view on the left is from inside the Citadel, while the view on the right is from the park just below the clock.
Leaving the Citadel, we walked back towards the harbor, stopping in a small park on the way to see City Hall on one end and a large church on the other. We were almost back to the car when the rain started. I got my camera quickly into the bag and drew the rain cover over it, but Carl and I got soaked...
After returning to our car, we got caught in rush hour traffic on the drive back to hotel. We got dried off and had dinner at Jungle Jim’s. Big whoop... Then returned to the hotel for the next episode of Ken Burn's The War. Interesting series!