From Halifax to Sydney Day 1

We arrived at the airport a little after 5:00 am.  Check in went smoothly and we had a fairly long walk to  where our flight took off from.  Managed to grab a bagel and coffee for breakfast before leaving. Our plane was delayed 45 minutes because of delays from connecting flights.  The flight to Ottawa was really quick and smooth.  Passengers unloaded and new passengers came on the plane which took around 1/2 hour and than we were off to Halifax.  Arrived in Halifax around noon.  By the time we reached the baggage counter our luggage was there already.  There was hardly any lineup at the car rental and we were on our way approximately 10 minutes later.  We are driving a Volvo.  Nice ride.  Because we turned our GPS on when there was no satellite available the GPS kept thinking we were in Toronto.  Lawrence managed to figure out the way to go with no GPS.  We thought we would go to the liquor store and the grocery store first only to find out because it was Canada Day everything was closed.  We didn't plan that right.  We found some parking and than had some lunch at The Foggy Goggles.  We had purchased tickets for The Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo which we both really enjoyed.  We heard marching bands, saw Celtic dancers, had an Olympian trampoline artist perform, the Flying Grampas (who were trampoline artists as well) and much more.  One guy was jumping rope while sitting on his bum.  You were not allowed to take pictures but we did purchase a book on the performers.  After the show we had a 4.5 hour drive to get to Sydney so we decided to head there right away.  Most of the ride was watching a lot of trees.  We learned a few things about the vehicle we were driving as well.  Every time Lawrence would wander a little on the road the car would beep at him. While driving with cruise control if you drove too close to the car in front of you the car would slow right down.  While driving with the high beams on if a car was coming towards you the high beams turned off automatically.   Unfortunately the most scenic part of the drive was in the dark.  We arrived at the hotel at 11:00. We are relaxing with our bottled water and looking forward to exploring tomorrow.