In Septembr of 2011, we went to New York City and took a Canada/New England cruise. It was beautiful. The first stop was Halifax, Nova Scotia. We spent an entire day there, just roaming around in the downtown area. It was such a different perspective to do it that way, no driving or worrying about rush hour traffic. We just wandered around--did the touristy thing, knowing that when we were ready, we could just slip back on to the beautiful ship.
We walked for a bit at the Dalhousie campus......
We did a tour of the Moosehead brewery......
Of course, we had to stop for ice-cream. Dave caused quite a stir as he tried to
milk the gigantic cow out front (ha ha)..................
We always seemed to find our way into the neatest little pubs ( at the most unusual early hours of the day). 
They say that's what happens on cruises, you lose track of all time---It was awesome!....................
Can't wait for the next one ;o)
