The next 3.5 hours were spent at the Citadel getting thoroughly engrossed in its' history, public tours and displays. Oh my! We REALLY enjoyed everything there was to see and do there. The citadel tour was great,and a special display WW1 trench exhibit was engrossing.
In the afternoon we walked almost all the Halifax Harbour waterfront and ended up at the "Pier 21 Canadian Immigration Hall" which is dedicated to telling the story of immigration and eventual integration into Canada (both the good side and the bad). The museum had photos of about 1/3 of the ships that came into port with immigrants. I took a close up of one photo which is pertinent to Dad.
We continued to walk, and walk and by 4:30 we were lining up for our scheduled Harbour Hopper tour (a duck boat tour). It was interesting but truthfully not something I would do again. My ears still hurt due to the noise of the vehicle (not kidding at all-it was bad!)
After completing the tour we walked, and walked and then had our second meal of the day in a harbour front restaurant (different places). Very nice
Halifax has a beautiful harbour front and we spent many hours enjoying all it had to offer. We continued walking back to the hotel (did I mention we were walking a lot?) going down beautiful streets with wonderful houses intermixed with small shops and pubs/restaurants.
Tonight we are tired so have come back a little earlier than last night. 22,172 steps (13.8 kilometres) will do that.
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