Afternoon in Halifax

Considering I live in Dartmouth, I actually spend quite a bit of time in Halifax and travelling around the city as a whole but the other week my grandmother came down from the Annapolis Valley and spent a few days with me so we could do some exploring. The first afternoon we spent walking around downtown Halifax so I thought I would do a post about what we did and share some other things you can do in the area.

If you live in the city and want to visit the valley or the other way around but don't have a car, you can take the Maritime Bus for pretty cheap but it is a longer trip. She took the bus from Kentville to Dartmouth in the morning and I picked her up at the stop to start our vacation. Our first stop was lunch at Portland Street Creperie, which as the name suggests serves crepes but they also have a couple of other things on their menu like caesar salad and a soup & sandwich combo. I always get the ham & swiss crepe with garlic aioli instead of the spicy dijon they put on it normally and my grandmother got the eat your veggies crepe. 

Next, we took the bus from Dartmouth to the Public Gardens across the bridge in downtown Halifax. It's really nice to have a Victorian era garden in our downtown core and of course with it being spring, there were lots of new flowers around. There is also a few ponds on the property, a bandstand plus a little visitor centre/cafe. During the summer you can watch movies outside every Friday and they also have weekly concerts. 

As we walked down the hill from the gardens to the waterfront, it started to rain so we didn't explore the boardwalk for as long as I would have liked but I did show her some of the new(-ish) things. We found refuge from the rain at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic which I haven't been to for a few years. This museum has exhibits on the sinking of the Titanic as well as the Halifax Explosion and lots of information on sailing and navy. There is also a Mikmaq exhibit now which we didn't check out but I will make sure to next time I visit. 

We finished our day with supper at McKelvie's with my mom. I had the seafood sampler which was good. It had bacon wrapped scallops, a fish cake and a few shrimp on the plate. I also had some focaccia cheese loaf as the sampler is an appetizer as well and not really enough food by itself. 

After dinner we went back to my place for the night. Check back soon for my little recap of the two days we spent on the South Shore.