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Travel Blogs from Lunenburg
An introduction to Bud
As we were staying in on the Dartmouth side of the harbour, we decided to take the passenger ferry to Halifax itself (after stocking me up with anti-histamine for the evil insect bites). It's quite a skyline with a handful of skyscrapers and the bridges spanning the water. We wander the boardwalk for a while and raid the tourist information for …
Brief Stop Home
... all the chocolate I have eaten since home has resulted in my body weight increasing by about the same amount I have ditched from my baggage. So now I have a second layer of 'weight loss' with which to contend. It never ends...
Jim, on the other hand, has bought and returned many items, mostly from MEC this past couple of weeks. With exacting discernment, he evaluates every item for size, pack-ability, weight and potential use. No emotional ...
Peggys Cove and Lunenburg
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If you drive a bit more then you will find a cranberry farm where you can pick your own. We tried it and with the amount we could make some nice sort of puree. The cranberries are very ************ so unless you cook them and add sugar there are almost inedible.
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Timber and sailing and UNESCO World Heritage
... through the town of Liverpool which stands at the head of the River Mersey, nothing there to make us want to linger, but a bit different from the other Liverpool we know about - and no sign of the Orange Order!
Today the clouds returned so we explored Lunenberg, found out the Drug Store did a neat line in changing dead watch batteries, just over 1 Canadian $ - a bargain. And drove up the coast to the already mentioned Peggys Cove. Our hotel room in the Smuggler's Cove looks ...
Lighthouses and Fisheries
... day! We toured the 1938 Theresa E. Connor, the last dory schooner to fish from Lunenburg. Then we climbed aboard the 1962 Cape Sable, a side trawler fishing boat. It was incredible to see how the fishermen lived. They would be out at sea from 11-14 days, home for one night, and then back out again. Crazy! What a hard life. Another hit of the Museum was the Tidal Touch Tank. The kids got to hold starfish, ...