Cambridge Suites Sydney

... with the French finally ceding the land in 1713 after signing the Treaty of Utrecht.
Sydney is Nova Scotia's third largest city. With over 26,000 people calling Sydney home, the city has certainly come a long way from its roots as a British Loyalist haven. In 1785, Loyalists from New York decided to settle here and remain under British rule. Soon after, immigrants from Scotland ...

... gehören.

Am Abend sind wir ins Playhouse gegangen. Dies ist eine Miniausgabe des Bierhübelis. Wir konnten ein tolles Konzert mit keltischer Musik geniessen. Die Ambiance und die Stimmung waren toll. In der Pause gab es gratis Tee und Guetzlis. Das gibt es bei uns in der Schweiz nun wirklich nicht. Es war ein toller Abend!

Nach einer regnerischen Nacht, welche wir im warmen Cabin verbracht hatten, gönnten wir uns noch ein warmes Frühstück mit Spiegeleier und Speck.

Da das Wetter garstig war, fuhren mit kleinen Umwegen Richtung Louisbourg. Dort angekommen, konnten wir an der Küste die raue See von nahem bestaunen.

... the crew members were connecting to communicate with family at home. My iPhone connected right up but the laptop with newly installed Windows 7 had more trouble although it did finally connect. Another passenger that I met at the Cruise Critic get together a few days earlier never could get his laptop to connect so I let him use mine.

The departure was very pretty. For close to an hour we sailed out a widening channel staying about a half mile from shore.

... maybe Pamela was doing dishes while I was showering hence the difference in pressure.

Down to the quaint dining area to share our bountiful breakfast with fellow guests Steve and his father Richard, travelling back to Nova Scotia from Montreal (Richard grew up in Nova Scotia) to explore Richard’s province of youth. After good stories shared over a delicious breakfast, we headed off - our destination (as highly recommended by our breakfast partners)… ...

... lunch time. I stop in at one of the eating establishments. There I meet up with an older time traveling couple from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. We chat a while and then I give one of my business cards to them. The woman says she thinks she's heard of my business on the radio on some talk show. Is it possible that she's heard the radio interview about my book? Hmmm!

Lunch over, I'm finishing visiting the Fortress when I find the guards practicing their drill. They're ...

First and foremost, a THANK YOU to everyone who has been posting comments on our blog. You have no idea how excited we get when we receive the comments. I think it´s our way of feeling connected with family and friends, so keep those comments coming. And now for that ferry trip, well I guess it wasn´t so much an ordeal but rather really really long and somewhat tedious. It was delayed for 12 hours. Instead of departing at 3:00pm, it left at 3:00am ...

... ever. He was a great host and told us about the face rocks that are apparently a geological marvel since their pair is in Africa. We saw some sea caves and Cape North which is the most northern point in cape Breton. Jeremy pulled in a lobster trap and caught some mackerel - which was horrible when Fraser just threw them in a bucket and they were flopping around, bashing themselves and bleeding all over the place...I felt like I was in Faces of Death- but cool on the hooks!! We ...

... to say what all the factors were for our evening melt down. I think that we tried to pack too much into the day, did not stop for dinner in time and really did not know where we were going to stay for the night. We also had taxed our battery too much with the fridge on electric for the day and so we had a very dim dinner. After a couple of failed attempts at finding a place to stay we finally just gave up and stopped on the side of the road and did our best to be nice ...

... water level between the two bodies of water that they join. They both have moveable bridges that cars/train can cross as well. One of them pivots and rotates sideways out of the way (like a clock) and the other just hinges up to let the ships through. That's it for now. Larry should be back soon from his attempt to find a doctor and get a prescription for an infection in his throat/ear/jaw area. Needless to say, he's still not feeling very good.