I woke up this morning at 11:00am which means that I managed to sleep soundly for 7 hours! It was the perfect time to wake up since shops in Halifax are not open until 12:00pm on Sundays. So I took my time getting dressed and then headed downstairs to talk to the concierge.

He was able to give me a map and point out a few places that I could go and check out. So I headed out for the afternoon to walk the city of Halifax. I walked down the street and just started seeing lots of historical sites.

My first stop was at the Grand Parade, which seemed to be a small square with a statue and also a mask of a sail of a boat. And from here you could see the town clock tower. So I walked up that way and next to the clock tower is the Halifax Citadel National Historic Site. Its an old fort from the 1800's that the British use to occupy. They had the guards out front so I was able to take pictures of them.

As I was standing there I find out from one of the staff members that work at the site that they would be launching off their 12pm noon cannon. It was a historical 12lb cannon that they loaded with 1lb of gun powder. They shot it off and it scarred me so badly I jumped. It was really cool to see.

I crossed the street to seem some more historical military sites including The Cambridge Military Library. There were also some cannons and old buildings.

Just up the street from there was the Public Gardens. It is a huge garden that covers a whole city block. It had fountains, plants, walking paths, and a pond. It was lovely to walk through and really relaxed me.

Across the street from the public gardens is Victoria Park. Just a small grassy area with a  few monuments. There was a huge monument for Robert Burns. So I took lots of pictures of that to share with my family.

From there I went to Holy Cross Cemetery founded in 1843. It was quite large and I walked around looking for my relatives grave stones. Unfortunately you weren't allowed to leave the paths because the tombstones were all very fragile. But my guess if that I do have at least 1 relative buried there.

Next I found the Catholic Cathedral, but I didn’t go in because it was a Sunday so there was mass happening. But there was another cemetery next to that so I walked around that. It was even older than the previous cemetery.

Lastly I decided to walk down to the waterfront and walk around the boardwalk. It was lovely and a great walk. I grabbed some lunch and sat down on the pier overlooking the water to eat.

At around 2:30pm I decided to head back to the hotel. I was getting tired and wanted to rest. Now I need to read my travel books to see what I should do tomorrow!!!