Finally, after all the trauma, we have a full crew! Lidia arrived as planned at Halifax, and E, M and I met her with no problems. Very nice to meet her finally and the children have taken to her like the proverbial.
E and M drawing in a new sketch book from Cornelius
When we cleared in we mentioned her to customs and they took all her details, and passed them through to the airport, so she was received without problems. Nice to know that some countries see sense. The customs officers also recommended restaurants to us!
Which brings us nicely to dinner last night. Richard had sought out advice on a good seafood restaurant to eat at, and was recommended somewhere in Bedford. Not to be dissuaded by the name 5 of us drove to Bedford leaving Lidia to catch up on sleep. Now we were all looking forward to pan fried fresh fish, or scallops, or mussels, and the seafood platter looked like a good bet. E and M chose pizza.
Which raises the question, why was a seafood restaurant serving good fish (recommended by several locals) also serving pizza. Well the answer was that if you didn't want everything deep fried to oblivion, then you should choose pizza! The Atlantic cod fillets, scallops and mussels were virtually unrecognisable under the layers of batter. 0/10.
E and M were right to have pizza - that is obviously why it was on the menu - all the rest was rubbish. love Bette x x
ReplyDeleteClosest I got to exotic seafood was a polystyrene pot of whelks at Southend Pier on Tuesday! Have fun. Suspect the Nova Scotians have learned their seafood culinary skills from their ancestors - the Scots.
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