This time I decided I would be daring and park in Halifax instead of over in Dartmouth and getting the ferry. I had avoided Halifax so far for several reasons - the parking is horrendously expensive, and the city centre is very busy, and I'm still getting used to driving on the other side of the road!! But alas, it was time to pull my big girl panties up and go for it.
The drive in was lovely - despite my idiot sat nav trying to send me via Dartmouth so that I could pay the toll and cross the bridge! I don't think so!! Traffic wasn't as bad as I had thought it would be, and luck was shining over me - I found a park purely by accident on the side of the road only a block from the waterfront! Woohoo!! And even better - it was the weekend, so parking was free (would have still had to pay to park in one of the waterfront carparks) So all in all, we were off to a good start!
We headed to the waterfront - the whole place was set up to make the most of the crowds. Stalls everywhere selling everything from fresh lemonade, icecream, cookies, and all sorts of crazy stuff. You could even adopt a greyhound (umm, yeah.....) We headed to the first act - a crazy duo from Ireland called the Lords of Strut. Their routine was hilarious, they even pulled some poor guys in from the audience to dance!
We had a bit of time before the next act, so we figured we would go buy some water. It was so hot and humid, we were dehydrating fast. Now, we're pretty picky water drinkers and there are some brands that just taste awful. Every single stand we went to all had the 'ikky' brand <sigh> so we walked the entire length of the waterfront looking for any other kind of water! We finally gave up and bought the awful stuff, so thirsty by now we just didn't care. By the time we made it back to see the next act we had missed out on a good position, and noone was moving to let us in for anything! So we unfortunately missed a part of his act. When he scaled a 10 foot pole however, we had *no* problem seeing then!
From up the top of his pole, he juggled balls and knives, pretty cool to watch and a good amount of humour added to it too! Not bad for an aussie from Sydney!
The next stop was to see another aussie comedian. We made it to the area he was performing in just as the previous act was finishing, so this time we managed to get some good seats! Yes! The girls decided they wanted to sit on the ground a bit closer up, so they moved towards the stage area. What we didn't realise is this guy was a mime act. I'm sure it was very good, but unfortunately (for me) he didn't really include the entire audience, just those who were sitting in front of him. So those of us sitting around and behind didn't see his facial expressions or what he was doing. So I wasn't really impressed with his act at all. The girls could see more from where they were sitting, but even they said it wasn't as good as they thought it would be, it was too slow to keep them interested. Oh well....on to the next one!
We had a little bit of time to kill before the next act, so we decided to have some dinner. Everyone agreed we'd have to have the yummy fish n chips again. Still just as yummy! This time we managed to get prime seats to watch the next act from Canada - a martial arts/acrobatic group. Wow - they were brilliant! Again, like some other acts, they included the audience and had a child come up to be part of their group. The joke was on them - when they did an acrobatic routine with flips and cartwheels, they asked her to do it to. Turns out she was a gymnastics star, so she had them speechless as she did her own acrobatic routine!
The next act was ummm......entertaining, but very odd. The Silly People were a comedy duo from Ontario, and i'm still not really sure the whole point of their routine! But it involved yoyos. A lot. They were still pretty funny though!
Finally, it was time to call it a day. We were tired and the girls were starting to get cranky. So it was back to the car to start the trek home. Again, another fight with the sat nav who was still insisting I go across the bridge! I showed him - I changed the setting to avoid tolls - so he finally showed me the way out of Halifax and get me home safely!
One thing I've noticed with the highways here - the highway into Halifax, you just drive along and it suddenly turn into a residential street! Same coming out of Halifax - you're driving along a lovely tree lined street and then suddenly you're doing 100km/hr! Oh, and speed limits...I put cruise control on when I'm driving so I don't have to worry about speeding. The last thing I need to worry about is paying a speeding fine! So it amazes me how many cars literally fly past me as I'm going along!! It makes me wonder - are the speed limits here merely a suggestion? :)
When we got home, we had a lovely surprise waiting for us in the field beside our carpark!
So ends another fun adventure! Now to start planning the *next* group of days off!
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