Halifax - Waterfront, Immigration Museum at Pier 21, Bicycle Thief, Maritime Museum, Fairview Lawn Cemetery

After breakfast at our hotel we headed into Halifax on this foggy morning.  Traffic was heavy, as is to be expected on a weekday at rush hour (we left just after 8) but we found our way to parking near the Citadel easily.  Bill wanted to photograph Argyle Street so that was our first destination.  Unfortunately the road is totally torn up with major construction!  So we kept walking ending up down at the waterfront.  Here we saw boats and sculpture.

As we walked down the waterfront we found the drunken light posts... that's not the official name of the sculpture but that's what I've heard them referred to as.

With the skyline of Halifax in the background...

There was a lighthouse at the entrance to the harbor - and several cruise ships in port.

We walked the length of the waterfront to Pier 21 which was the original site of their version of Ellis Island, where immigrants entered Canada when they used to come in by sea.  They have built a lovely museum there, which we enjoyed.  Canada is an extremely diverse and welcoming country (we could learn a thing or two from them but I digress).  Another sculpture near the immigration museum:

Next up - LUNCH!  We ate at the Bicycle Thief, which is a well known restaurant.  We sat outside and had a nice meal and a great time people watching.  We must have seen 50 people stop to snap this sculpture.

Then we headed to the other end of the waterfront to see the Maritime Museum.  Their "largest artifact" is a ship that shows what life was like on a ship back in the day.

There were many more interesting exhibits inside.

There was an extensive exhibit on the Titanic.  One of the things we did in Cobh, Ireland was go to The Titanic Experience, a museum in the last port of call the Titanic had before it sank.  Halifax was the closest port to the site of the accident, so many of the dead are buried here.  Most are in the Fairview Lawn Cemetery, so it seemed appropriate to go there.  If there is no name on the gravestone they never identified the body.

This is the grave of a child who remained unnamed until recently.  Now his name has been added to the monument.

Now to rest up before a very early morning start tomorrow so Bill can photograph the light house at Peggy's Cove at sunrise.