Q: I am supposed to be moving close to Halifax in about a year when I finish my exams. Whats it like?
A: I grew up there and went to University there. It is a seaport on the shores of the Atlantic ocean, cool summers with cold winters and a lot of snow. Largest ice free natural harbour in North America. Home to 7 universities and military bases (known durin WWII as the Warden of the North as thounsnds of shoips congregated there for convoys to Russia and Europe. Site of the 1917 Halifax Explosion when two ships collided and caused the biggest explosion prior to the atomic bomb. Lots of golf courses, sking in the valley, incredible scenery, close to World Heritage sites like Lunenburg.