Blogs from Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, North America
July 30th 2010
We spent the last couple of days relaxing, catching up and feeding our faces at Breda and Adrian's gorgeous home in Truro, N.S. Great timing to celebrate our 26th wedding anniversary and Pat's 61st birthday. Pat decided to purchase an air mattress, seems the thin self-inflating foam just doesn't cut it this time out! I picked up some heavy socks and of course batteries to fill two air mattresses! Pat said he could "smell" the ocean in Sackville, does that man have a nose or what! On our anniversary, sunny, hot day, we all piled into Adrian's truck (Breda, Adrian, Martin (Adrian's brother and wife Sally) and Pat and I). Drove over to see "Fox Harbour" where Ron Joyce of Tim Horton fame has his luxurious home, had lunch in Wallace and checked out the Josh ... read more
Travelogue #8 from Sydney, Nova Scotia
Published: June 9th 2009North America » Canada » Nova Scotia » Sydney
May 16th 2009
TRAVELOGUE Saturday, May 16, 2009 Sydney, Nova Scotia Hello from Sydney, Nova Scotia ~ Well, our weather could not have been more perfect today. It is about 60 degrees outside and completely clear skies with no winds. Can it get better than this? We’ve had a wonderful day here - but as we are leaving port right now, we are being serenaded by what sounds like our sixth grade band with Brunhilda singing. It is actually a group of quite elderly men and one woman. Her voice is not only off key but it is piercing to the ear. Even with our cabin door closed, you can still hear her screeching tones and the drums pounding. It gave us all a good laugh if nothing else. She made an announcement that was was not going to ... read more
