Blogs from New Brunswick, Canada, North America - page 3

Bonjour Aujourd'hui, je commence mon blog de voyage. Je suis excité mais nerveux également. J'ai vérifié au moins une vingtaine d'adresse blog, analysé les pours et les contres de chaque site pour éventuellement choisir ce site qui s'intitule "TravelBlog". Le site semble simple mais je suis encore en train d'apprendre. Mes habiletés informatiques font défaut et je peux me perdre facilement, alors soyez patient avec moi. Comme premier thème, j'ai pensé pour parler de comment moi et Louise avons organisé notre itinéraire de voyage. Je réalise que plus je voyage, plus mes itinéraires sont planifiés. Je me souviens que lors de mon premier grand voyage en Europe quand j'avais 19 ans, il n'y avait tout simplement aucune planification. J'avais acheté un billet d'avion aller retour de Halifax -Londres avec pas de date de retour et c'est ... read more

After a very enjoyable, but hot summer in Niagara on the Lake, we started out September touring around the Maritimes and the New England Coast. Our first stop (after a 9 hour drive through upper New York State, Massachusetts, New Hampshire), was in Ogunquit, Maine, a beautiful former fishing village and now a coastal resort town just south of Kennebunkport. This was a good 1/2 way point on the 15 hour drive. There's numerous restaurants, hotels, a nice beach and a scenic walking trail along the Atlantic Ocean. Unfortunately, we were unable to explore in more depth as we only stayed one night. Of course, the next day before heading to New Brunswick, we had to make the obligatory visit to a big Outlet Mall in Kitterry to buy "stuff" we don't need just because it ... read more

Geo: 46.0994, -64.759The village is located outside the village of Bertrand. More info at http://villagehistoriqueacadien.com/We arrived at opening time (10 am). They recommend 4 hours to tour the site and that is quite an accurate estimate.The structures date from 1773 through 1949. The structures have been moved to the site from other places. The hotel was reconstructed in 1998 after a fire.Throughout the site there are people dressed in period costumes and going about various jobs significant to the time period they represent. It is organized in such a way that traditional practices are used to maintain the buildings, provide food and clothing for the workers who also look after the livestock.On our way to Moncton we experienced very heavy rain. Many of the cars pulled off with 4 way flashers on. We trudged on with ... read more

St Martins, Fundy National Park and Hopewell to Moncton 24 & 25 August 2016 After breakfast in St John we drove along a magnificent road with spectacular scenery – forests, valleys and hills, little cute villages and farmlands. It was beautiful. After 130 km we arrived in St Martins. The Village's premier attraction is the St. Martins sea caves. The knowledge of tide times is important in this part of the world to find the best time to walk the ocean floor out to sea caves, caverns and arches or to view them from the shore. The tide rises, filling the caves and caverns with water. The tide rises and falls every 6 hours and 13 minutes, creating new times for high and low tides every day. The tidal range can be up to 38 feet ... read more

Saint Johns, New Brunswick 23 to 24 August 2016 It was only 1 ½ hrs from St Stephen to St Johns along the Motorway so after a slow start and a couple of phone calls to home by Sheryl and me, we arrived in St Johns at about 11.30am. Mental note: we tried breakfast at Jim Hortons in St Andrews… not to be done again. Lots of sweet stuff and the latte had 3 sugars in it!!!! Not good for someone who has no sugars. They made me another latte without sugar. We had no problems finding our hotel which was on the edge of the CBD (which they called ‘’Uptown’’). We then drove into Uptown, parked with no difficulty and went on a self-guided walking tour around the old area which was established from the ... read more