This travel journal is a translation of my posts in German. A few weeks ago, me and my brother travelled to Halifax (Nova Scotia). We started our journey at Paderborn (Germany) and flew from Frankfurt to Halifax. Our flight with Condor left a little late, however, we arrived at Halifax basically on time. We were flying with the sunset nearly all the time and the sky was giving us a red glow during the flight.
The flight was not too bad, however, Condor is not as great as other companies like Lufthansa for example. I flew to Boston with Lufthansa two years ago and the food and entertainment on board was much better. Condor offered movies and drinks but wanted to charge extra for them. The food was also not really great.
We entered Canada without any problems and the service was really fast. The airport at Halifax is pretty small anyways and we took a taxi to our first hotel. The Marriott Harbourfront is located directly at the harbor and therefor in downtown Halifax. The room was clean and compfortable as well!
We arrived at 10 in the night, and we did not want to go to bed directly. After the long flight we decided to go for a walk. We also enjoyed one or two beers and some food.
We sat down at a bar for the beer and food. The Stillwell Bar had some great craft beers and burgers and offered a great atmosphere.
We had a view on the water from our hotel room as well. After the first night, we had breakfast at our hotel. There was no buffet, however, we could order a Canadian breakfast with bacon, tater tots, poached eggs and toast.
After our first breakfast, we went for another walk even though the weather was kind of poor. The city seemed really interesting though, especially the mix between old and modern buildings gave a great vibe.
We did not plan much more for our first day. Maybe we wanted to watch the Championsleague later this day. Some good food was also on our list for our first night at Halifax.
This is the first post for our road trip at Nova Scotia and I hope that you will enjoy my reports!
Enjoy my reports,
Nils