Halifax: Fun times

It's 12:30am and there is free internet in the hotel. Tomorrow, we board the ship, but the whole group of kids, parents, teachers, and other people are already in the city. Lifelong learners and student workers already boarded the boat. The rest of us are going to board sometime tomorrow, and then the boat leaves at 1700 (have to get used to ship time since they use the 24 hr clock system). Anyways, if the two days in Halifax were any example as to how this trip is going to run, then the next 68 days are going to be awesome. J

So here's the low down on what happened in Halifax.

So I got into Halifax yesterday with about 8 people on our same flight. There were two who came from California, but the rest of them were from Upstate or Long Island. The flight was smooth, and we were on one of those commuter planes that travel to the local places (sidebar for Matt, it was an Embrader 140. We're tall people, Matt. You know our pain). I think that we all had excitement the night before, causing us to 1. Get no sleep before JFK, and 2. Fall asleep the entire way to Halifax.

Getting to the hotel was also a trip. I met Mel (Cool girl from Long Island) and Amy (other cool girl from Long Island) on the plane, and we decided to split a taxi to the hotel. They ended up staying at the same hotel that I was staying at, so it was worth it to split the stuff over. When I got to the hotel, I met the two roommates for Halifax, Josh and Tina. Fun times, ya know? I settled up here, got some stuff, and then explored the city with Mel, Amy, Josh, Tina, and Sami, this guy from Boston who met with Tina and Josh the night before. We ended up finding a Subway sandwich shop in order to get some food, but right across the street, there was a good sushi place. And by good, really really really big sushi rolls.

After that, we went to walk around the city and explore and have fun times and such. You know, bonding and all that fun stuff. Then, after waking up, Sami and Josh found two girls from down the hall of Sami's room. The four of them ended up coming to the room, and them, plus Tina and me, went to go explore the Halifax nightlife for Sunday (Mel and Amy were tired and wanted to sleep in/wait for their roommate). Exploring the city is a lot better when the legal drinking age is 19 instead of 21, and to be honest (soapbox alert), the city is probably a lot more safer now with a legal age of purchase at 19 than it being 21. True fact.

BTW, when I do go on a soapbox, I will probably preface it. Why? Well so that readers know that I am preaching about nonsense and when I am not. True fact.

Anyways, the Club was awesome (some stories are not for you all until after I come home. Just know that it was really fun). Then we came back and Tina and I slept while the rest of them ended up chilling for a bit.

The next day, Mel and Amy, and their new roommate Emily, along with Tina, Josh, and Me all went to chill for the day and explore what the daytime of Halifax had to offer. Two words can only describe that day: Harbour Hopper! There will be pics in 2 months to explain all of that. Then, there was Canadian Wal-Mart to get some last minute supplies (such as a Broken Phone Charger…) and then back to the hotel to pick up our last roommate, James (who we ended up finding a few hours before on Monday for Monday Night).

Then was dinner, and an SAS gathering in a Bar down on Argyle Street, and then some general hanging out between then and now. The night ends with Josh and Tina talking about randomness and fun times and life, and me writing this blog to say what's good. It's now 1:10, and I thought this would have been posted a few minutes ago, but it's on its way now. We have to wake up early, then go thru security and ship protocols and all that fun stuff, find out our roommates, find each other, say goodbye, and then start the actual journey itself. That's the things about these two day buffers. It's doesn't seem real, and yet it seems fully real. So we'll see what happens the rest of the day.

James is Asleep. Josh and Tina are going in depth about life and nonsense (which are really the same thing). And I'm writing this. See you all sometime soon, if not before we dock in Halifax.

Until then, Au Voir, mis amis.