13 June 2015
Halifax, Nova Scotia
We had a slow-moving cloudy morning before making it to the
Citadel of Halifax by noon for the cannon firing. We
were way-off in thinking that we almost missed the only reenactment of the day
– this place was one constant reenactment.
There were people marching around in multiple kinds of uniforms and
kilts, carrying everything from weapons to pipes and drums. (And, interestingly, the musicians were also
the best-dressed soldiers back in the day).
There was even an exhibit that allowed visitors to fire blanks out of
actual old war rifles!
After watching the changing-of-the-guard, we left the
Citadel to grab lunch in downtown Halifax.
Turns out we finally found a legit Scottish pub – The Loose Cannon –
where Matt finally got his haggis. I
ordered the bangers and mash for myself, and the girls had fish & chips
again. Only they mostly just eat the
chips part… and whatever’s on my plate.
We walked around town after lunch and did a little consignment
shopping on Vintage Row before strolling through the public gardens. The gardens were prettier than I expected,
and also much busier – it was prom night for three local high schools, and
apparently this is the place to go
for photos. It made for some good
people-watching, fashion-critiquing, and conversation. Sissy liked all the ball gowns too.
On our way to dinner, we stopped in a little square with
some live music where the girls danced around with some other kids their
age. We had dinner at a place called
Salty’s on the waterfront, (we were literally out on the dock), but the food
wasn’t anything special, as expected. It
was pretty much just a tourist trap with a great location. The food was mediocre and the effort to keep
the girls happy in such a crowded outdoor venue wasn’t worth the squeeze. We’ve really benefitted by having most
restaurants being largely empty, allowing them to shake some of their sillies
out. Also, with the time change, it was
still pretty late in the evening for them to be out. Knowing this has been our trend, we put them
in jammies for the car-ride home, and little E was passed out before we got
back to the Casita.
Gear used today:
The Citadel: Both the
City Mini GT Double and the Ergo. The
Citadel grounds are covered in loose gravel, and it put the GT tires to work
getting up the gravel ramp to the roof level.
I don’t think the regular City Mini tires would have handled it nearly
as well, if at all. (The only other
stroller I saw there was a jogger, which obvi would have been fine too). Eloise went in the Ergo when we did the Army
museum part of things for her nap - we were able to fit the stroller through
the handicap-accessible doors on one side of the building, but we decided to
leave it parked for the interior rooms, as it wouldn’t have fit through the
archways upstairs anyway.
Downtown Halifax:
Just the City Mini GT Double. We
even left Eloise in there to eat lunch at the Scottish pub, since we ate al
fresco and they had no high chairs. When
we got to dinner, she sat in a real high chair and we left the stroller near
the hostess desk.
Car Potty: I’ve
forgotten to mention this in previous posts!
Our Fisher Price folding car and travel potty has been nothing short of fabulous. We’ve (and I mean that in the plural – mommy
and Sis are on the same bladder sched.) used it in the tailgate, the front
seat, the Casita, (though we also brought along her Boon potty as a more
permanent Casita commode), and it even has a seat cover detachment that can be
used on public toilets too (though I haven’t done that yet with it). It uses plastic bags that you can just
dispose of when you’re done, and then the potty itself folds up and fits under
a seat. Highly-recommended space-saving
car potty.
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