Blogs from Nova Scotia, Canada, North America - page 50

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 of view. While we were on the boat, two bald eagles began circling the boat. The captain said that they do this quite often and so he threw them some fish. It was quite amazing ... read more

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 couldn’t see them. We even had the chance to walk through a 350 year old maple forest. We now understand why the Cabot Trail is visited by people from around the world. This is how ... read more

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) from Wood Islands to Caribou, NS. We only had to invest about 1 ½ hours of our time and $55 (Canadian $s) and we were able to have a neat experience and look at beautiful ... read more

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 here is the plan thus far.... I arrive in Sydney at about 6:10am Local time (which is about 5:10pm the day before in Halifax) then head to the hostel I am staying at. The hostel ... read more

Hey allemaal, weekje niks gehoord en ik krijg al ongeduldige mailtjes ;). Leuk weekje gehad: 2 soccer tryouts gehad die allebei naar mijn mening niet goed gingen (het is best lastig om zonder kicksen en scheenbeschermers te voetballen). Verassend genoeg kwam ik m'n naam tegen op de lijst die op vrijdag werd opgehangen. Ik ben nu officieel een striker/forward in het Varsity team van NKEC :D. Vandaag gelijk maar even allerlei voetbal spullen gekocht, aangezien ik volgende week maandag training, en zowel dinsdag als woensdag een wedstrijd heb. School is leuk; aardige mensen en ook de vakken gaan prima: Engels is gewoon een leuk vak hier waarbij je echt wat leert ipv dat een of andere Griekse vrouw die de Nederlandse noch de Engelse taal machtig is je probeert duidelijk te maken dat je een laustertoets ... read more