Our Last Weekend in Halifax

Karen here.

On our last weekend in Halifax, we still had a few touristy things to cross off our list. We were lucky to once again have a beautiful Saturday. 17 degrees!!! We took advantage and went for a walk (timed well with Magnus's morning nap). Our destination was the Halifax Citadel, a national historic site. However, we stopped on the way for brunch where we lapped up the sunshine on the patio sans jackets!!!

Saturday sunshine

We were right around the corner from the Citadel, so after brunch and a few bevies we headed up the hill.

Aerial view (no I did not take this picture - I stole it from the internet)

Yup. We pushed the stroller up that hill. It was a wonder that people were running up the hill, and then Matt declared, "Hey, I've run up this hill!". He was quite proud actually. :) When we finally made it to the top, we met this beautiful entryway.

Named entrance

It was really neat to see the fort. You can imagine an army cresting the hill only to have to scale a second wall! Just like in the fantasy novels I read.

Doubly walled

 I especially liked how the walls are 'buildings'.

One entryway to an outer wall building

Grass roof of inner wall building

Matt and I had fun exploring. We hoped to take a tour, but it's still not tourist season. We made our own fun though. :)

100 lbs over the head! (not really)

 

Strike a pose!

Who has the bigger guns?

And Magnus slept through the whole thing!

Awake after a 3 hour nap!

Well, after all that walking and exploring, we were thirsty. We headed down to the water on our way home for a seat on a patio at the water's edge. Magnus got to sit in his very first high chair!!!

First high chair

And he tried his first pouch of baby food. So easy to travel with!

Suckin' away

When we got home later that afternoon we had to treat our sunburns. :(  After Magnus had gone down for the night, my brother Adam and his girlfriend Lauren showed up so Matt and I could have one last date night in town. There was ONE thing we wanted to do on the east coast and we hadn't yet done it.

Roger pre-meal

Ernie pre-meal

Yup. We were lobster virgins. We named our lobsters Roger and Ernie and trepidaciously dove in. We had been told by many an East Coaster that the tail and claws were really good, and our waiter told us that if we wanted to be adventurous we could eat the body too. Umm, that's a loud NO! Matt just went for it. I, however, took my sweet time (it was really hard to get the meat out). Part of it was that I was a bit weirded out. I know. I know. I grew up on a farm. Still. It was weird.  

Floss a la Roger

Ernie post meal

So a life long goal had been accomplished - eat fresh lobster on the coast. :) Then we headed off to a pub for some live music.A great date night.