The impenetrable fort
Halifax, Nova Scotia 22 July 2016 From Peggy’s Cove it was only an hour to Halifax. We had to cross the Macdonald Bridge so had pay the modest toll of $C1.75 for 4 axles, it's only $1 for a car. I had wanted to photograph the bridge but they had blocked off the pedestrian crossing on both sides due to some maintenance work. The Citadel Firing the cannon A tourist gets to fire a musket The Citadel entrance fee was covered by our Canadian National Parks Discovery pass and has parking onsite for an extra $C3.15 which saves you the walk up the hill, a bit tight for our truck, but we managed to park. We drove around the long line waiting at the entrance because we thought they were just getting entrance tickets which we already had. After we had parked, it occurred to us that maybe there was a parking fee, after all we were in a city. So we asked at the visitor centre. She couldn’t understand how we had got in and not paid. Oops. Anyway, we paid and were in there le...