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Travelling to the far north
... and have tall pointed steeples. The topography and vegetation changed quite rapidly as soon as we entered Canada, the type of evergreens becoming much more limited, and the roads very wide. They have a lot of space in this country!
We both fell asleep in the car waiting for the ferry to Nova Scotia, a three hour voyage that arrived at 2 am. Luckily our motel was only two minutes from the terminal, so we were in bed very quickly indeed. ...
Digby scallops but no whales
... 4500 homes. Present day Annapolis Royal was an interesting town and included the remains of old English Fort Ann and some beautiful historic gardens. The Annapolis valley is between North Mountain on the west and South Mountain on the east. The valley is well sheltered and agricultural. We proceeded on to Digby which the largest scallop fishing fleet calls home. The ...
Finally to Nova Scotia
... south a short ways to Nova Scotia. Now we were on the other side of Fundy Bay and the tidal effects were very similar. Burnt Coat on the north shore of NS has had tides in excess of thirty feet. We drove the scenic north coast for a while and stopped at Windsor on the St Croix river. This is home to quite a few wineries and we managed to find one still open - Blomiden Estate. Of course we tasted the wine and bought a couple of bottles. We ...
Won't you take me to......CharlotteTOWWWWN
... bed there was where you would pee/deuce into at night. I can see many a marriage going down in flames after father folds a fresh one into a small ceramic jar right before bed. This would have made every Jane Austen story waaaaaay better.
We got into charlottetown in time to grab a quick bite ...
Whale watch attempt 2 - failed!
... an information board near the disused fisherman's huts telling that Gulliver's Cove is named after a ruthless pirate that lived there in the 1700s, and who is rumoured to have buried treasure in the surrounding hills. His wife was from the West Indies (and also a pirate!) and it was said she hated living in NS so she ended up killing him and using his boat to return to her original home.
While JB was taking his photos, I had a little wander round to see what I could see. ...
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