Saving the world from Solomon Gundy

Wow, it feels like so long since I've posted. These past few days have been busy. Good busy though. Fun and adventurous. I can't even find the highlight story right now, it's all been fun. So this is pretty much a recap of the past few days.

The long awaited arrival of the Scottish Cousin finally happened on Sunday. With a few mini hiccups, I picked up a rental car and eventually found my way to the airport to find Neil. He's a very patient person. Although, if I'm ever late again, he may never forgive me.

We started Sunday evening with a Ghost Tour of Halifax, a trip to pizza corner, and some late night food and beer at Stayners.

The next day, we departed the city for Peggy's Cove. The piper there obliged to Neil's request for the Scottish National Anthem. He stood proud. We wandered around the cove, ate delicious homemade ice cream, checked out the Swiss Air Memorial and then set out on another car adventure. Since we were already in the car and in driving mode, we decided to drive to Chester for the legendary seafood chowder. It was delicious. It boasted a good selection of fine seafood and a little bit of creamy broth goodness to go with it. We also ate Solomon Gundy. I now understand why the Crash Test Dummies said that Superman was saving the world from Solomon Gundy. After Chester we made a quick stop through Mahone Bay to see the Three Sisters (Churches). We looked from afar, only got out of the car for a few minutes because time was ticking and Lunenburg was high on Neil’s list of things he wanted to see.

We walked around Lunenburg and checked out all sorts of local shops. The view is beautiful. We also visited the grounds of an old school house that’s just incredible. We drove around the town and then walked along the waterfront. It’s such a nice little place. Before we knew it we were exhausted and opted to take the highway directly back to the city.

A whirlwind tour, yes, but with many, many highlights. And many authentic New Scotland experiences for a Scot who has never been to Canada before. After going home to freshen up, there was a quick tour of Dalhousie Campus and then dinner at Saltys. Again, proper Nova Scotian food... Beer, Lobster, and Blueberry Grunt. A ferry ride over to Dartmouth ended the day quite nicely.

Today we flew to Toronto. But before that we did the Harbour Hopper tour and the Keiths Brewery tour. Ate some Beavertails, and checked out the waterfront.
And now here we are, in Ontario. Both of us are exhausted from a jam packed yet incredibly fun two days.

Tomorrow is the one of the biggest day of all though.... THE U2 CONCERT!!!!!

Stay tuned because I'm just getting started... there will be so many more adventures this week! I'm off to sleep.... in what I would hazard a guess to say is the most comfortable bed in the whole wide world. Definitely a highlight of being home.