Halifax is a nice city, and Nova Scotia is one of the nicest, if not THE nicest, province we’ve visited on our cross Canada road trip. We loved the heritage homes and the small town feel, along with the beautiful surroundings. If we ever move anywhere, I’m sure Halifax would be in contention.
Morning
It was a somewhat cloudy morning, but after a hot breakfast, we were ready to get going.
We promised Ethan that he could go to the Discovery Centre again, but first, we stopped into Staples to get Ethan a new notebook. Ethan always has ideas and loves using a bullet journal, which he has now filled up, so he needed something new.
And since it was practically across the street, we had to check out the Halifax Citadel. This was a cool place and we learned about the massive Halifax Explosion on December 6, 1917 that killed nearly 2,000 people and injured 9,000.
A little race down a grassy hill is always a good way to get the blood pumping on a cold Halifax morning.
Afternoon
Ethan really enjoyed the Discovery Centre yesterday, so he was excited about visiting again. One thing we love about almost all the science centres we’ve visited is the help and knowledge of the people working at the centres.
At the Discovery Centre, Ethan loved the hands on experiments, especially when he was making parachutes to test in the wind tunnel. Ryan from the centre from awesome in helping Ethan and also just letting Ethan do things, instead of taking over.
We stayed at the centre for only a couple hours and then went back to Juju Jr. for a quick lunch.
Ethan started getting his new bullet journal ready and also drew a quick comic.
We then took a walk along the boardwalk, as we wanted to check out the Seafarers Market. The walk was nice, but the market was pretty empty because it wasn’t the weekend.
By now, we all needed a snack and went back to IKEA to satisfy our craving for some sweets. Ethan got a yogurt cone, while Dong Eun and I shared a cinnamon bun. The cinnamon buns in Vancouver are not as good as the ones we tried here in Halifax for some reason.
Evening
After our snack and a quick pit stop at Costco for some fruit, we left Halifax and headed for Moncton, NB. Our final destination on this cross Canada road trip is the Bay of Fundy, specifically, Hopewell Rocks, so we had to be in Moncton in order to get up early to see the low tide.
Dinner was quinoa with IKEA veggie balls with tomato sauce. Wow! That was a good dinner.
After dinner, Ethan worked on some math and we talked more about his app idea. Hopefully, he fleshes it out so we can learn how to make our own app.
If you’re just reading this blog for the first time, we are a family of three traveling across Canada (and likely beyond) in a 1994 VW Westfalia camper van called Juju Jr. Our son Ethan, age 9, is unschooling and so we want him to learn from being on the road and traveling. So he’s also now a roadschooler and we are documenting the trip and his learning on this blog.
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