Tues- left St Stephen's by 8:00 and had a nice drive to Wolfville, arriving at 3:00 pm after 580 km. Great to see our friends Lynn and Neil and daughter Anna-Joy; hadn't seen them in a number of years and it was great to catch up while also enjoying a wonderful dinner in. The great thing with friends is you pick up where you last left off, jump to the recent past and present - because the intervening years don't change the 'relationship'. Wonderful visit.
Wed - No need to start early, so we headed out for Halifax at 10:00 after a leisurely breakfast. 90 km later we were in Halifax, staying at the Waverly Inn, an old large private residence now a nice inn, preserving a hertitage home (1876). Met with an acquaintance, Sherry, who was very hospitable - lunch by the habour and then off to Pier 21 to see where post-war returnees , war brides, immigrants and refugees first landed on Canadian soil. Also a chance to see the ship's manifest with my dad's name as he returned to Canada at age 24 (Jan 1947) after having left Canada at age 16 on an extended vacation with his mother -- and remained in England due to the breakout of war, subsequently completing war service as a result. Much history and thoughts as to what life must have been like - an experience we were fortunate not to have had. Dad returned to Canada as a married young man, along with his mother and wife's parents - 8 years of major life changing experiences.
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