The Chester 2017 summer theatre festival was in full swing. We chose the matinee performance of “The 39 Steps”; a melodrama adapted from the 1915 novel by John Buchan and the 1935 film by Alfred Hitchcock. Continue reading Chester and the Summer Theatre Festival
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Shore Club Lobster Dinners
If you are hunting down local lobster dinners, you have to go to the Shore Club. Prince Phillip and Princess Di did. It is the hub of social life in its neck of the woods. Continue reading Shore Club Lobster Dinners
Halls Harbour Lobster Pound
The maritime provinces are where you find seafood so fresh, pulled from the sea and on your table quicker than you can say “lobster”. We have made it a point to try ’em all. Now that we got our proper instruction on “how to eat a lobster” at the Social Club, we are ready to dive in at Halls Harbour. Continue reading Halls Harbour Lobster Pound
Wolfville and Grand Pre
The hot new thing (really an old thing back for an encore) is HARD apple cider. We went to Wolfville, a university town, to try some. Continue reading Wolfville and Grand Pre
Victoria and Charlottetown PEI
Victoria, a very small village, lies between two of PEI’s larges cities, Charlottetown and Summerside. Continue reading Victoria and Charlottetown PEI
Indian Harbour, NS
A little cottage in Indian Harbour sits on a rise overlooking a small cove. We are about 26 miles southwest of Halifax on the eastern shores of St. Margaret’s Bay. This will be our home base for two weeks while in Nova Scotia. Continue reading Indian Harbour, NS
Lobster Feast for 1000
On the way to Shediac, in New Brunswick, we explored the longest covered bridge in the world in Heartland, New Brunswick. Continue reading Lobster Feast for 1000
Hopewell Rocks
We left Shediac early in the morning traveling to the Bay of Fundy to walk the ocean floor surrounding the Hopewell Rocks. Continue reading Hopewell Rocks
Who is Maud Lewis?
We became enchanted with the life and folk art of Maud Lewis while visiting the Art Museum of Nova Scotia in Halifax. Here was a woman who never traveled outside two counties in her native Nova Scotia. Yet, her art speaks to everyone. Continue reading Who is Maud Lewis?
Louisbourg Fortress Cape Breton
Want to time travel? If you do, be sure to visit Louisbourg Fortress, founded by the French in 1713 and named for Louis XIV.. Oh, the guns are not loaded unless you want them to be….they offer the opportunity to dress in period costume and fire a cannon and musket! Continue reading Louisbourg Fortress Cape Breton