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By desktraveler
September 30th 2006

Halifax

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Travel MapA quick stop in Halifax before taking off for Cape Breton Island. We stayed at the Westin on a priceline bid that was cheaper than the best 3.5* hotel rate we could find. The hotel was nice and the beds were "heavenly". Dave had great luck getting suggestions from the concierge, who pointed us to the Comfy Corner Cafe for a great breakfast, and The Sweet Basil Bistro for a wonderful dinner. He also pointed us to a great jazz bar for after dinner, but I forget the name. [View Full Entry]

By tylerinoz
September 30th 2006

The last day

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Stuff

Just a quick blog...Tomorrow I head out for Australia. I wanna say thanks to everyone who takes the time to have a look at this site. As of now its not too interesting, but It is about to get a lot better. By all means please leave me comments on the blogs I write, I really want to hear from everyone back home. Now its time to get packing...I hope all my stuff is going to fit. Chances are that I am taking way to much. Have a look at all the stuff I am taking (not including all my clothes). [View Full Entry]

By McDonald_Family
September 29th 2006

We Love Halifax!

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Historic Properties in Halifax

We love Halifax! We've been here three days and have been enjoying it very much. We're staying at the Marriott on the waterfront which is very convenient because there is a ped-way which connects you to lots of other buildings. It's great because if the weather is bad it provides an alternative route to get about. We made sure to stop and shop in the Historic Properties Market which is just next door to our hotel. There are lots of shops and lots of food vendors with all sorts of treats. We visited the Citadel again (we were here on our [View Full Entry]

By rubenrtv
September 27th 2006

Nog meer school, voetbal en cottages ;-)

North America » Canada » Nova Scotia » Annapolis Valley

Hey allemaal, sorry dat het een tijdje duurde. Had het best druk de afgelopen week, dus kwam er niet zo van. Vorige week woensdag een soccer wedstrijd gespeeld tegen onze aartsrivaal Horton High School (zeg maar de grote broer van mijn school; te vergelijken met Hurley-Amsterdam; m'n school wint ook bijna nooit :P). We speelden uit in de stromende regen en kwamen 2x op voorsprong, maar uiteindelijk speelden we helaas toch 2-2. Toch een goede prestatie aangezien Horton het beste team is van Division 1, terwijl wij in Division 2 spelen (gaat op schoolgrootte). Oja, ik had een assist :D :P [View Full Entry]

By McDonald_Family
September 26th 2006

Our Last Day in Baddeck

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Gerry's Spot
Gerry loved this cleared area of land up on the hillside. We had seen this from the town before but we were able to get a little closer once we were on the sailboat.

Our day started by taking a sailing tour on the Bras d'Or Lakes around the Baddeck shoreline. We were able to see Alexander Graham Bell's home which is on a secluded and gated island just off shore from Baddeck. The grand home is currently occupied by The Bells' grand-daughter, Mabel (named after his wife) who is 101 years old. This is the closest view anyone can get to the home. Our captain stated that he had the privilege of touring the home once. We sailed around for about two hours taking in the scenery and enjoying Baddeck from a different point [View Full Entry]

By McDonald_Family
September 25th 2006

Two Rivers Wildlife Park

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Reindeer
These reindeer were feasting on a treat of fresh apples when we first spotted them.They seemed to really enjoy the apples and didn't pay any attention to us at all.

Today was great. We took a drive up to Marion Bridge (not too far away from Baddeck) to go to the Two Rivers Wildlife Park. We figured this was probably the only way we were going to see a moose since our trip to the bog wasn't very fruitful. It seemed like more of a farm with pastures and lots of room for the animals to roam. It is a rescue facility and the keepers rehabilitate any animals that can be and release them back to the wild. Some animals however, will spend the rest of their lives at the farm [View Full Entry]

By McDonald_Family
September 24th 2006

Cabot Trail in a Day

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Gerry, Sheri & Cannon at Cap Rouge

Today we headed out for a full day around the Cabot Trail. It was unbelievable; it is impossible to describe the beauty. The pictures could never do it justice. There was such a contrast; from mountains and valleys to rivers and bogs all being fed by the Atlantic ocean. We stopped along the way to admire and even wandered into one of these bogs hoping to see a moose. We never saw any but we did see where they had been laying on the grass; huge pieces of matted down grass. We were sure that they were close by, we just [View Full Entry]

By McDonald_Family
September 23rd 2006

Cape Breton

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Highland Village View

We woke this morning to very cool weather. There has been some rain off and on but not enough to interfere with our plans. We spent part of the day at Highland Village in Iona. http://museum.gov.ns.ca/hv We had a lovely drive over via the small car ferry at Little Narrows and then afterwards drove around St. Andrews Channel up to Sydney. It’s a beautiful area. The leaves are really starting to change now; lots of gold and red. The colors are such a nice contrast against the evergreens. Around lunchtime we spotted Fitzgerald’s along Highway 105 in Southaven. It was a [View Full Entry]

By McDonald_Family
September 22nd 2006

Cape Breton Here We Come!

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Northumberland Ferry

This morning we headed for PEI. We planned to spend the night in Charlottetown but after arriving in town and having lunch, we decided to head for Cape Breton a day early. We expected Charlottetown to be as quaint as Cavendish (we visited there a couple of years ago) but it wasn’t. We were a bit disappointed; we were expecting the beauty of other parts of PEI but it was not to be. We chose a restaurant for lunch (mediocre experience) and then headed for Cape Breton. We saved about 160 miles of driving by catching the ferry (Northumberland Ferry Lines) [View Full Entry]

By tylerinoz
September 21st 2006

10 Days to go

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Australian Money
Bills

OK....So this is my second blog entry, and with 10 days to go I am starting to feel the excitement and even fear of my up coming adventure. Since my last blog I have gotten a lot done. I have most of all the things I am taking with me into one spot, I got money adding up, and I even have some Australian Currency already in my pocket. The money there is very interesting, for starters its plastic coated,making it rip and weather resistent. It is also all in different sizes, and in different colours like ours (see picture). So [View Full Entry]

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