Grandkids, Round 2

     Brad, Heather and the girls spent a couple of days exploring, and by the weekend we were more than ready to spend time with these darling girls.

     Heather had booked us on the Harbour Hopper tour, an amphibious, open air bus/boat. Our tour guide was delightful and regaled us with all sorts of stories about Halifax.

Awesome views of the harbour from Citadel Hill

     One of the first things we did was go to the top of Citadel Hill. (We'd been inside the fort with Stan and Melanie, but didn't take in much of the view.)


     One of the things our tour guide told us is the difference between a basilica and a cathedral. She said when the Pope blesses a basilica, it becomes a cathedral.

The Halifax Cathedral

   When we went into the water, one of the first sights we saw was the naval fleet docked in Halifax. There were many ships of various sizes--and our tour guide could tell us about all of them!

We got to see the waterfront . . . from the water

And Georges Island with the lighthouse we like

     All too soon the tour was over and we headed for the Maritime Museum.

Maggie loved being the captain    

This was during the Busker Festival, where there were a lot of street performers (Buskers). We saw this just outside the window of the museum. It must have been fascinating--even Theodore Too wanted to watch what was going on.

We spent time along the boardwalk, including the Farmers Market again. Along one of the wharves there were some carnival rides. Ella (9), Maggie (7), and Hadley (5) wanted to try the inflatable wipeout ride. They each stood on a little platform inside a large circle inflated with air. Two arms went around, one high, one low. The kids were supposed to duck under the high one and jump over the low one. They all seemed to be able to duck when the high arm swept by, but Hadley seemed surprised Each. Time. she saw the low arm coming at her. We were laughing so hard we didn't get any pictures (Heather did, but we didn't think to ask her to share the pictures).

     Sunday afternoon we sadly said our goodbyes as they headed over to PEI. We love the time we spent with them and that they came all this way to see us so we could spend some time with them. Families. Aren't they great?!