Eastern Canada

Friday 11 Oct and Saturday 12 Oct We spent most of these two days on the road back to Smithvile. By the time we arrived at Janet and Brian’s home we covered nearly 5700 Km since we left 18 days ago. We had the best time, with beautiful weather, delicious Continue Reading

Wednesday 9 Oct Today we are starting our way back to Toronto, but we still have a few sites to visit before leaving Canada by the end of the week. One place to visit that was on our bucket list are the sea stacks at Hopewell Cape For thousands of Continue Reading

Monday 7 Oct We make our way to PEI, which is one of eastern Canada’s maritime provinces, off New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The large island is marked by red-sand beaches, lighthouses, and fertile farmland, and is renowned for seafood like lobster and mussels. Continue Reading

Sunday 6 Oct We had an easy start of the day, we are doing the last part of the Cabot Trail before we go to Pictou. We will be stopping in Pictou for just one night. We stayed in an old historic building, the Pictou Customs House which was built Continue Reading

Saturday 5 Oct -Cabot Trail Today we have done a small part of the Cabot Trail. Rising from the sea and clinging to mountains, the 298-kilometre-long Cabot Trail is a winding mix of roadway, paths, stairs and stunning beauty that takes us from unreal ocean vistas to quaint fishing villages. Continue Reading

Friday 4 Oct – Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site Our first stop was at the Fortress of Louisbourg, the ruins and partial reconstruction of an 18th century French colonial town. This site brings us back to French colonial life between 1713 and 1758. Home to the L’nu, also known Continue Reading

Wednesday 2 Oct Today we spend the day exploring Halifax on foot. Jen did not join us, for obvious reasons, and did her own thing for a while. We went through the beautiful Halifax Public Gardens which were transformed into the urban oasis of today by the amalgamation of two Continue Reading

Monday 1 Oct Breakfast was made by our host of the B&B, he is a retired chef (he was the executive chef at the Chateau the Fairmont Le Frontenac in Quebec) and breakfast was delicious. We made our way to Halifax with a few stops along the way for a Continue Reading

Saturday 28 Sep Over the next two days we will be covering quite a few kilometres. We will have a stop over in Grand Falls, but at this time of the year they are more Trickle Falls. During the summer season there are two zip lines for the adventurous visitors. Continue Reading

Time to explore Quebec and Old Quebec proper today. We had bought tickets for the hop-on-hop-off bus and made our way to the tour starting point. We were one of the early birds today, and started off on our tour around 9:15. The plan was that we would do a Continue Reading