Blogs from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada, North America

Le 26 novembre 2021, Après un autre doux réveil sans entendre la rengaine matinale de nos filles, nous partons déjeuner dans un adorable petit café à deux pas de notre hébergement, avec une jolie vue sur le port qui plus est. Nous faisons ensuite notre première découverte de Lunenburg la colorée. Comme ce village de poche est joli! Partout, de petites boutiques d'artisanat et de souvenirs, des bouquineries et des cafés douillets. En haute saison touristique, ça doit être très vivant comme endroit! Nous faisons un tour dans le port du village. Y est amarré le célèbre Bluenose II, le voilier que l'on retrouve imprimé sur les pièces de 10 cents. En haute saison, il est même possible d'y faire une croisière, mais cette activité est très prisée, mieux vaut réserver plusieurs mois à l'avance. Pour ... read more

Today our plan was to check out the brews at Saltbox Brewery in Mahone Bay and then see the Bluenose II. We found out that the Bluenose was scheduled to be at the dock by 3:30 and we could board her by 4:00. We took the scenic route into Lunenberg and were not disappointed. The route followed along the harbor into the southern end of the city. As we came around one of the bends, we saw the Bluenose with a sail up headed into the harbor. By the time I found a place to stop and take a picture, they had dropped the sail. ? Since it was obvious we were not going to see her at the dock at 3:30, as it was already 3:30 and she was still 15-20 minutes out, we decided ... read more

Niki and I hiked some of Gaff Point today. I was not prepared for the beginning of the walk, as it was supposed to be beach. Because the tide was coming in, there was very little sand. It was mostly covered with small to medium-sized pebbles. The ocean did make a very cool sound on them! . It was so loud at times that we couldn't even talk to each other! We walked for about a little over an hour and a half, in total. As you can see, we didn't make it all around the peninsula. We were concerned about being gone so long. Maybe another day we'll walk the entire trail. It was an amazing trail! A little about Gaff Point. It is a lush peninsula dangling into the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast ... read more

We took a cable ferry to the other side of the LaHave River today. We were headed to the beach to dig for clams. Gene and I had never done that before, so our friends' were somewhat our teachers. I think it had been a while since Pete had done it, but, as you can see, we did alright for ourselves. :-) The panoramic photo was of the area where we clammed. All in all it was a very nice day. The weather was cool and we had a nice drive along the coast. We made several stops along the way to see what the area looked like. Enjoy!... read more

Hi, All -- We've been home since before July and here it is early September. Clearly I've been stretching out these blogs -- but I didn't want to over-blog anyone. The first photos are of the major cemetery for the victims of the Titanic, which is in the outskirts of Halifax. It was a cloudy day and the place felt sad. So many children . . . Most of the rest of the photos were taken around Mahone Bay and Lunenburg which are on the southeastern shore of Nova Scotia about 2/3 of the way down the lower half. The orangey sign was in a small museum in Mahone Bay and has information about what the "freight" (a person) was allotted during the three month journey, from 1750 - 1752, on a ship from Rotterdam to ... read more