Today was Canada Day. On the 1st July, 1867 (149 years ago), the three provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Canada joined to form a single country of Canada. We started the morning in Charlottetown which is called the "Birthplace of confederation" because a few years before the formation of the country of Canada, delegates from each of the independent met to discuss confederation.
Activities in town started at 11am. There were performances near the Charlottetown arts centre and in various parks around. We were able to see a little of the celebrations and Michelle and Marika were able to sing some of the Canadian national anthem that they had tried to learn and had been hilariously practising the night before.
We met up with Rand and Carissa at Lobster by the Wharf for lunch. I decided to get a seafood platter of lobster, mussels and quahogs as my last PEI meal because it seemed fitting to finish off with the best of PEI.
After lunch, we walked around the waterfront for a bit, looking at some of the shops and the festivities that would go on all day and night. Then we had to start out on our drive to Halifax to be able to get there by early evening as it would be about a 3-4hr drive.
We arrived in Halifax around 6:30pm and valet parked the car. Then after a brief rest, we walked down to the waterfront to find some dinner and watch the Canada Day fireworks. There were lots of people everywhere along the waterfront. It was a really nice long walk along the broadwalk that makes up the waterfront. I had to have poutine for dinner as it also seemed fitting on Canada Day to eat something typically Canadian.
We found a good place to sit and watch fireworks that started at 9pm because being so far north, last light was around 8:45pm. They lasted about 10 minutes and were ok but not as grand as Australia Day fireworks. The locals seemed to like them as there was a lot of ohh'ing and ahh'ing.
We were quite tired after the fireworks so we walked back to our hotel to pack for our flight tomorrow from Halifax back to the US as we were flying to Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
It wasn't too early a start though as I had booked a 2pm flight as I thought that we may be out or tired after Canada Day celebrations.
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