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We arrived in Halifax today....June 14th, 2008. Halifax is the capital of Nova Scotia and has a rich history. We stayed at the Prince George Hotel downtown, arriving just in time for a lovely dinner at Little Fish. Pictured here is the Old Clock Tower, which was a block away from the hotel. It has marked time at the base of Citadel Hill since 1803. To see Ken's artistic and scenic photos from the trip, go to: www.morbiusphoto.com On our first full day, we drove south of Halifax to Peggy's Cove, a "postage stamp" sized cove that is one of the most photographed in all of Canada. The tiny town surrounding the cove and near-by lighthouse purport to have some of the most beautiful scenery in the country. Of course, just our luck...the fog that greeted us when we first arrived at Halifax airport was still hanging around. So, our photos of Peggy's Cove are just a tad foggy. Not only did we have the fog to contend with...we also had several tour buses of people! Peggy's Cove is a popular tourist destination. It is a beautiful lighthouse surrounded by rocks and waves. Peggy's Cove became the focal point of world attention in 1998 when Swissair Flight 111 plunged into the ocean off the nearby coast. All 229 persons aboard perished. Rescuers, families and media flocked to Peggy's Cove in the aftermath. A memorial to those who perished in the crash is located a few miles south of Peggy's Cove. We ate lunch in a cozy little coastal town called Chester at a restaurant called the Rope Loft. In this picture, Chester is the town in the background. The tour book called it a "New England coastal town that just happened to end up in Nova Scotia." It did remind us of several towns in Maine. Why a photo of this car you might ask? Well, it's our rental car...a Dodge Caliber that is decidedly orange. Actually, it turns out that orange is a popular color for cars in Canada. Go figure! Ken took to calling this car Kiva, after our orangish corgi. Further south, we visited the town of Lunenberg, known as one of the province's prettiest and most interesting towns. It was Britain's second attempt at colonizing Nova Scotia (the first being Halifax) and was laid out by the province's chief surveyor in 1753. The original architecture has been amazingly well preserved, so much so that the Old Town has been designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. This house is an example of the architecture, which includes the unique "Lunenberg bump", the roundish dormer with windows at the top of the house. Here, family members would watch the harbor for the arrival by ship of loved ones. The Old Town of Lunenberg sits on the side of a hill, which allows for a wonderful view of the town and harbor from the local golf course. Notice all the red buildings on the waterfront. Our horse-and-carriage tour guide told us that red was chosen for these buildings because it was a color well-seen in the fog. She added that, of course, red was one of the cheapest paint colors and was used on many of the ships...thus another reason possibly that the buildings were painted red.

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