My intention was to run long & slow today. As I went, I decided that my legs were tired and scrapped any goals of a long run and after about a mile, turned down the beach road for a more scenic run.
The temperature was near perfect for running--I had my gloves, long-sleeved shirt, and shorts. The sun was shining and the I can't think of how to improve on that. I ran longer than I expected I would--one way was about 30-40 minutes.
Today is a 'research-free' day. We're headed back to Halifax for a day of fun. The hamlet of Cherry Hill, where we're staying, is about a 2 hour drive away from Halifax.
I know our PIs (Principal Investigators--the research scientists leading our team) have plans for us to see a museum. I'm not terribly big on museums so hopefully it isn't Halifax's version of the Louvre.
I made a few short videos for everyone so I'll post those now and then will fill you in when we return tonight.
Halifax was great. We arrived before lunch and toured around all day. First we toured the natural history museum. It was quite small and I really enjoyed that. After viewing all we could there, we set out in search of food. After several false starts (not everyone accepts AmEx or Master Card--just Visa) we found a restaurant. Little did we know that it would be a very long time until we saw our food.
The head chef had not shown up since Tuesday and the restaurant was not coping well. Their 65 year old sous chef was now having to burden the responsibility of his job plus the head chef's job. Granted--it was a sports bar so it wasn't intricate meals he had to worry about. Our food took well over an hour after we ordered it. We left the place between 2:30 and 3pm and headed for some shopping and sightseeing.
With 5 people you have to agree on things to do and see--we did quite well in that area. Our problem was things we wanted to do were clear on the other side of town from each other. As I said last Saturday, we were lucky that the town wasn't that big. An example: we walked from the sports bar (one end of town) to the boardwalk (other end of town) and then to the Dairy Queen (literally across the street from the sports bar). Just for the record--I did not ask them to go there; it was someone else.
We had agreed to meet our scientist crew (who were shopping for toilets for their new house) at 8pm so we needed to have dinner and find the museum parking lot where they dropped us off. We ate at the Five Fishermen; excluding the fact that I don't like seafood, it was good. Everyone said they were dying for lobster (again, not me) yet after the waitress spoke of the specials they all ordered the fish special. No one had the lobster. Oh well.
I had the opportunity to introduce my new friends to the Newfoundland world of Screetch and was explaining the 'ceremony' that I went through (Screetching).
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