My personal opinion would be to skip the Alexander Keith brewery tour...
AG in MD
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> runner wrote:
> all day.
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>> If you've taken a Halifax shore excursion, or done other fun things in
>> Halifax, please tell me about it.
>>
>> How is the Peggy's Cove excursion? Is there much to do there, or is it
>> all giftie-shoppies? We live in a maritime area now, and can look at
>> lighthouses any time--is there anything else there?
>>
>> Also, if you have any other hints/tips/reports on the Carnival Canada
>> cruise, I'd be glad to hear them.
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
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> We did the Triumph Canada cruise last year for my MIL's 90 birthday ...
> Good food and nice size staterooms ... My wife - a chocoholic - was
> especially impressed with anything chocolate on the dessert menu ...
>
> Halifax probably has the most to see of any Canadian port ...
> I'd rent a car for something like $50 Canadian and see as much as you
> can ...
>
> In town is the Citadel ... on the highest hill around giving terrific
> views of the harbor along with an idea of life in the fort and the area
> backhundreds of years ago ... Closer to the harbor is the Maritime
> Museum (with an actual Titanic deck chair (towel used to save it
> removed)) ... and Alexander Keith's Brewery ... where you get a couple
> of nice cold Keith's beers as you go through a colonial era tour of the
> facility ...
> If you are quick and active you can then drive out to Peggy's Cove ...
> it is a pleasant drive some maritime scenery which may be old hat to
> you after turning off the main highway ...but note all the boulders
> left behind after the Ice Age ... The walk around the lighthouse is
> interesting ... waves breaking etc. ... though the lighthouse itself is
> nothing but a small gift shop ... Take a couple of minute drive out to
> the Flight 93 memorial ... and learn a little more about it from the
> local viewpoint ...
>
> If looking to eat, I'd avoid the 2 places at Peggy's Cove - they look
> too tourist trap like for me ... and eat at Shaw's Landing in West
> Dover ... The Lobster Rolls are fantastic as are the chowders and
> desserts ... I still recall when one in our party asked if she could
> have ice cream with her dessert ... the waitress replied sounding some
> what insulted ...Why all our desserts come with ice cream ...
> Eat outside overlooking the quaint fishing village ...
> Any questions feel free to ask ... We've been to Halifax several times
> ...
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