Exciting Things I Did In Halifax Last Week, a list, by jo
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On to something positive!
Exciting Things I Did In Halifax Last Week, a list, by jo
- I bought a lobster! On a stick! It's made of Pure Sugar and Food Colouring! It's very red, and I was quite hyped up upon eating it.
- I got to ride a ferry that was part of their transit system. It was 2$, and I loved it.
- Ate yummy East Indian Food at a tiny restaurant.
- Got to see a lot of cool museums and stuff, which I loved, especially Pier 21.
- Squished a jelly bean for Kristi. (Which reminds me... Kristi, I have a squished jelly bean for you in my luggage.)
- Saw the Ocean, lots, and kept a lookout for mermaids. (I also saw lighthouses. I love lighthouses!)
- Cooked a lot of food, which is always fun.
- Walked up a lot of hills. Why is Halifax so steep?
- Mocked young people in a club because... dude... they were so generic. It was really weird.
Things I Did Not Do in Halifax Last Week, a list, by jo
- See Dalhousie University.
- Squish a jelly fish for Kristi.
- Eat sea food.
Eh, I don't like fish, but I wouldn't have minded trying a real lobster. *grin*
The whole experience was at once strange and wonderful. I'm intellectually aware of the regional differences in Canada, but other than a few brief stays in Ontario, I've always lived out west. So, spending a week and a half in this city that is so different and yet so the same... It was very eye opening.
Just a few random differences: In Halifax, they actually stop on green traffic lights to let people turn left. They don't do that here in Edmonton. I was just so taken aback. People on the street seemed friendlier, for some reason. I can't quite put my finger on why, since we didn't really do a lot of walking around where there were people. (I loved the city, don't get me wrong, but the weather was HORRID the entire time I was there. That last day, there was freezing rain, not-freezing rain, snow, and huge wind gusts, all at the same time. Awful.) But the customer service expectations there seem a lot lower. The hotel I stayed at was fine, but everywhere else... woah. The grocery store was the worst, but the restaurant and the book stores we went to were pretty bad, too. I was totally taken aback.
As for the bar scene... The place we went was so generic it hurt. I mean, they were playing good music (Great Big Sea and the like), but everyone was dressed almost identically. I guess I've gotten used to Edmonton, where you can regularily see people downtown wearing leashes and collars and the like. I was wearing all black, with a bit of a gothic turn to my makeup, and I stood out like a sore thumb. It was strange, because Halifax is a college town. There's a huge number of students there. I guess I thought that the diveristy of the students would wear off onto the bars, but not where we went. Oh well, I'll know for next time.
But the ocean was beautiful. I could have spent hours staring at it. I was really drawn to it.
Halifax is a city that is so rich with history. It felt like every other house we passed must have had a story attached to it. I kept an eye out for a book about Historical Buildings and the like, but couldn't find one. I was so in love with the whole city, though, and wish I could have stayed longer, or explored more. There were so many things to see, so many places to look, and time and the weather just seemed to be against me.
I must return there one day, and spend the time to find that book, or find the information on the houses that captured my interest.
There. New life goal hatched.