Traveling further East

After our stint in PEI we headed back South and further East to Nova Scotia.  Our first journey was to Peggy's Cove.  It is the most visited Fisherman's village in all of Canada.  The village in of itself is cute and quaint, but the stunning part of Peggy's cove is the rock formations all around the lighthouse.

Lobster cages

 This was Christina's heaven because all week she's wanted to climb rocks.  You can see my mom and sister in the distance.  I just enjoyed sitting on a rock and watching everyone around me.  It was relaxing.

After Peggy's Cove we headed to Halifax.  I really liked this city.  We visited the Citadel.

Most of the Citadel is geared toward reenacting the War of 1812.  The most fascinating thing to me was listening to the Canadian army propaganda.   I've grown up listening to American propaganda, so it was fun hearing a different country's view point.  Technically speaking, we were on opposite sides of the war back then.  I will say - they definitely had better uniforms than us.

 The view outside of the citadel is a little more modern now, but still beautiful.



Mom's signing up for the British army. :)









They had a school room in the Citadel for the soldiers.  It was one of the benefits of enlisting - an education-  literacy in one of the most unexpected places.

We also visited the LDS Temple in Halifax.  I love finding the temple wherever we're visiting.  While there a guy working on the temple grounds told us about some good local eats - Donairs.  They're a popular sandwich from Halifax.  Here's a recipe for them.  It was one of my favorite things that I ate the entire trip.  Yum.  I think I'm going to have to try to make them.