Travel reviews

The shore captain was attending his 'schmoozefest' as I began this as the conclusion to fishery related meetings he'd been attending all day. We're in the city and staying at the Prince George which is a fairly upscale place to lay your head. We lost the window of opportunity for taking in the movie as I had suggested The Kings Speech which is playing at Park Lane and although he professed interest....he left for the cocktail hour without a watch or cell phone to tell the time and arrived back too late to make the show. I elicted the promise that the next time one of our daughters tries to infer the reason "we" are late is me that instead of grinning foolishly and agreeing he will step up to the plate and for once take responsibility for his inability to make a deadline. So we ventured out to Durty Nellys which is an Irish pub for a pint and a bite and it wasn't too bad:
http://www.durtynellys.ca/
but I think I enjoy The Old Triangle better.

Last evening however we had a great gastronomic experience as we met up with the city daughter and son-in-law and had supper at a Koren BBQ spot called e-pin whish was delicious. Here is the review from The Coast:
http://www.thecoast.ca/halifax/e_pin_korean_grill_house/Location?oid=2022250


brown rice tea / black sesame ice crean

 It's kind of like a fondue or rather raclette where you cook your food which involved all manner of vegetables, meats, seafood and grilled meats on a grill set in the middle of the table, plus a great assortment of sides. We had brown rice tea and I had black sesame ice cream for dessert which looked weird but tasted great. Highly recommended eatery. We were able to make our way up over the hill as the snow fell without worrying about driving as we usually do in our rural lifestyle.

This morning after a breakfast of pineapple pancakes (devine) and ham mister headed off to the conference room and within a few minutes I got a frantic phone call from the plant secretary on my phone telling me that the cleaning lady had found the door to our house wide open this morning when she arrived to work her magic. I phoned the house and spoke to her ascertaining the cats were still inside (it necessitated me describing the location of the kitty treats) that it was only 54 degrees F so she should get her extra sweater from the car as it was going to take a while to heat up and I was very grateful that she had been scheduled to come this morning or we might have had frozen pipes with the recent temperatures.  Needless to say both of the men in my life have denied going out through the front door but I clearly recall the shore captain exiting with the luggage as we left.

Following this I read the paper, ambled over to the mall and found extremely good bargains on two tops and a shrug for formal night on the cruise all for only $24 so a very good sale. Always need to check out different Dollaramas and was not disappointed. A stop at the drugstore for biodegradeable sunscreen as I read online this is required for several snorkeling sites in Mexico. It appears we'll be buying it there if so as in Canada all the lotions included chemicals on the forbidden for biodegradeable label. I window shopped at the bookstore but it's difficult to make yourself buy a paper copy when you have an e-book reader. I stopped at a place in the food court and got a banana/pineapple/mango smoothie and a panini of black forest ham and swiss cheese panini on whole grain ciabatta. Yum. Back to the hotel to do a few laps of the pool and soak in the hot tub, both of which I had completely to myself.  So, all in all a great 'me day'.

Although nasty weather is prediced tonight, tomorrow a friend is heading over to meet for lunch and after the meetings wrap here the travel partner and myself and the daughter and son-in-law are snorkel gear shopping. So another good day off. There is discussion that we shall be driving a new to her vehicle home which the baby daughter recently purchased here in the city but some confusion re: license plate etc.

I should be making my way home tomorrow as the 'real world' is threatening to intrude as I have gotten several emails about the online Emergency Nursing Program I am beginning shortly. The parcel at the post office is likely my special headset for the Elluminate orientation session. It all promises to eat up the few minutes of time I have.

Ah, if I were retired I'd only be concerned about which travel sites I was reading, such as these two:
http://www.aluxurytravelblog.com/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2011/jan/25/tripadvisor-duncan-bannatyne

I particularly liked the piece about Trip Advisor as I've just recently been researching places to stay in Fort Lauderdale. The final decision is that we should be able to stay for about $80 per night with breakfast and a shuttle to airport and cruiseport which will leave some funds for looking at alligators.