Ok guys,
in May we traveled to Halifax to see Sean's cousin Jennifer marry her main
squeeze, Jim. It was absolutely fantastic. While I was on this epic journey, I
knocked off a few items on the list! This post is brief because I've got a lot
of catching up to do, but I'll happily fill in any details upon request!
The trip
was so memorable for so many reasons. In addition to getting to spend a lot of
really great time with Sean's family (who is really, really amazing and who I
am so lucky to know), we saw a lot of sights I'd never before visited.
4. See
the Atlantic Ocean
This one
is pretty simple (and goes with another forthcoming item on the list that
corresponds to the other coast...). I saw (on multiple occasions). It was
amazing! It makes me miss being so close to the water.
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| A beautifully wet, cold, windy day at Peggy's Cove |
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5. Visit
my old law school
While we were on the east coast, I also
made a point of visiting a few places that I knew well. We spent the majority
of our trip in Halifax, but Sean and I decided to hit the road to Moncton for
an over-nighter the day after the wedding. I spent three years in Moncton for
law school, and I hadn't been back since I graduated in 2008.
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| Serious face, obviously |
Even
though the building was (unsurprisingly) locked up on the holiday Monday we
visited, I managed to coax the one person I spotted through the windows to let
me in. The classrooms, the law library – it made so many memories flood back.
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| Heading towards the library |
The time
I spent in the Maritimes was formative in many ways, connected me to my Acadian
heritage, and allowed me to meet incredible friends who I love so much. But,
for reasons that I really don't need to get into for the purposes of this post,
it was also a bizarre (and in many ways, unhappy) time in my life too - a time
that seems so disconnected from my current reality that it's hard to believe it
happened. However, the good news is that going back only reinforced the
positive, fond, awesome memories, and in fact served to diminish the negative
ones.
6. Devour
an oatcake (ok, several oatcakes) from McBuns Bakery
Oatcakes.
They're all over the maritimes, but none are as good as the ones from McBuns in
Moncton. NONE. And McBuns doesn’t just have plain oatcakes. No – they have
chocolate dipped ones, chocolate dipped with peanut butter in the middle (oh
hell yes), cinnamon raison. And, like a mother never has a favourite child, I
don’t have a favourite flavour. I love all my oat babies equally.
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| Note the unlit "Open" sign! |
I had
been waiting for oatcakes for five years. Sean and I arrived in Moncton and
went straight to McBuns – we didn’t even check into the hotel first. And it’s a
good thing, because when we pulled into the parking lot, the “open” sign had just been
turned off. And this was on a Sunday evening before a holiday Monday.
Luckily, the door was still open, and I poked my head in and sheepishly asked
if it was too late to pick up a few oatcakes. Madam Baker Lady gave me a thumbs
up (literally), and I proceeded to buy every single oatcake on the shelf
(if you think I'm exaggerating, you underestimate my love of oatcakes). The next stop was the corner store - an
Irving gas station, naturally - for some milk. Then, we went back to our hotel
room, and I dunked. Good lord did I dunk.
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| Heaven in snack form |
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| My time-tested system of deconstructing, dunking, and devouring |
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