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The mainland Nova Scotia is the last blog about our trip. Once we crossed the bridge from the Cape Breton island we stopped at Guysborough for some local brewed beer and we enjoyed their beautiful view of a lake. Then off to Halifax for a stroll at the waterfront and dinner at a local Irish pub with my husband cousins. We stayed in Bayside, NS and had a great view of the Shad Bay with an island on it. Image curtesy of Ian Anderson Next day we took a trip to a picturesque town Lunenburg, and we stopped at the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic.  The town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site with its narrow streets and unique architecture. From there we took a scenic route along the shore of the ocean to Peggy's Cove.  This fishing village has been build right on the bare rock.  The rock itself cannot hold any trees so the village is exposed to ocean winds. The lighthouse itself is situated on the point the furthest into the ocean, an...

We arrived at North Sidney late during the day and we had dinner at Governor's Pub where I finally ordered my Lobster dinner.  It tasted close to a crab, so I can admit that I enjoyed it a lot, and I did not even care about butter. To my husband disappointment I did not use the provided bib. It is a tradition he said. Next day we got up early to head to Cape Breton highlands and the Cabot Trail. Our first encounter with the highlands of Cape Breton was Kelly's Mountain, before we even reached the Cabot Trail. Picture courtesy of Google We decided not to take the Englishtown ferry, it would have taken longer to get to the Cabot Trail.  The ferry is very small and there was probably a number of cars waiting to be taken across. I think we stopped at every lookout point along the way. We stopped for lunch at a Seagull Restaurant in a town almost in the Cape Breton Highlands National Park.  It was nice to see locals eating there, and the fo...

We took the easy way to PEI using 1997 built Confederation bridge.  It is the longest bridge (12.9 km) in the world over ice-covered water. One of the interesting views from the bridge is the red coloured water at the banks of PEI which is caused by the red soil on the island. One of the first thing that we saw on the other side was a lawn that was cut in stripes.  It looked pretty, and the other lawn beside it was also cut in stripes, and the one next to it was cut neatly with lots of flowers in front of the house. After a few meters we realized that this just how PEI is. With only 150 thousands of people on the whole island it feels like a small community of farmers. Another difference worth mentioning is that almost every house had blooming rhododendrons and many places by the road had growing lupines. On the first day we checked in to a Victorian Inn and had a dinner at a local brewery in Charlottetown. We also checked out the famous COWS Creamery. ...

New Brunswick welcomed us with vast forests and moose warnings on the extremely wide highway. We decided to stay safe and avoid driving at night. The highway was fenced on all sides, but there was still a risk. Image curtesy of https://smokingbrakes.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/p1050018.jpg Image curtesy of: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-TQlHIkIhQM/hqdefault.jpg We first stopped at the information center to find out what the province has to offer.   First item on the list was change of the time by one hour forward, then we reviewed the New Brunswick tourism guide and marked items of interest.   We also picked up the next month tide information for the Bay of Fundy for reference. Because of the time difference we had to postpone the visit to Grand Falls until we make the return trip. (More on Grand Falls later) We stopped in Fredericton for tasty dinner at Palate Restaurant and headed down to our accommodation in Gage Town.  Shortly af...