Sociable visit to Halifax

We enjoyed visiting Halifax especially because of the number of people we met and chatted to. Most of these we met on the board walk, which took us along the water's edge. We browsed at souvenir and craft stalls. It was at one of these stalls I bought some postcards to send to friends and relatives. I had already sent one postcard. My oldest son had suggested we went on the High Line in New York, so I had bought a postcard at a stall there and only just sent it to him, his wife and my two grandsons, through Arcadia's excellent postcard sending service, from Saint John. At the visitor centre there were some handy toilets (bathrooms or washrooms if you like) and the inevitable queues for the ladies, but at least a queue is one place which is good for a chat! There are also some historic ships along the quayside at Halifax, one from World War ll. It was along the boardwalk we saw a statue to Cunard,

the owner of the White Star Line of transatlantic ships and of course of the Titanic.

It was the Titanic exhibition and the starlings ferreting about among the trees and bushes along the boardwalk, that would lead to some of our most interesting conversations. Most of the people we met and chatted to were holiday makers and visitors like ourselves. Those Americans who were holiday making in Canada, New York, Boston and Portland we met and spoke to all had the same reason for holidaying/visiting/exploring North America and Canada. They used to enjoy going to Europe, they would tell us, but since "9/11", they had preferred to travel in their own country and Canada. That is why we met so many Americans and Canadians on holiday and what led to one of the most interesting and extraordinary co-incidences and meetings we had.