X-Canada: Halifax!

We are now Haligonians.

Got here on Sunday, and we're finally starting to feel like we're getting set up here, at least a bit.  It's been a long week, with many dollars spent, but I can now sit at a table with a computer, on the internet, with clean clothes, and even food.  That's pretty good.

The trip across Canada was very cool.  I'm actually in a bit of withdrawal about it, to tell the truth.  I kinda liked the nomadic lifestyle of travelling 500km and camping on the shores of Lake Superior.  Our only real concerns were gas, finding a campsite, and buying beer.  We took a ton of pictures, and will post them up here or on FB once we sort through them all.

Bec and I are both feeling pretty homesick for Victoria, but that's not really surprising.  We know nobody here, the road system is arguably worse than Victoria (streets intersect themselves and change names frequently), and the entire city seems fairly anti-parking in general.  Also, the number of sushi joints is disconcertingly low.  Speaking of disconcertingly-low, the microbrewery representation here is, while present, not comparable to BC.

We're currently living in a 100+ year-old house, one of the few in this area that survived the Halifax explosion back in 1917.  It's not the worst, but we're definitely not looking forward to the heating bill this winter, so we may have to look for new digs in a couple months.

But there are good things too.  Bec is really stoked about her new program, and the people here seem really friendly.  Since I work from home, it's going to be a bit tricky to get out and make a social network here, so I've been considering the idea of a "real" job.  Too soon to act on it, due to other obligations, but I might start looking in a month or two.

Also picking up the guitar daily so I can get back into a jamming circle.  I've been missing that a lot, and apparently Halifax has a really rich music scene. It's Wintersleep's home city, so that's a good sign.

To friends and family back home - we miss you tons.  Please visit us someday. Bring sushi.

Comments (4) September 06, 2008