Nova Scotia!

Alan Wilman on 21 October 2013
Nova Scotia! Beautiful scenery, exquisite seafood and great hospitality. If you want serenity, slow pace of life, with plenty to see and do, then Nova Scotia is just over 5hrs flying time from UK, and gives you the freedom to explore.

After flying into Halifax, we caught a short flight in a 16-seater Air Canada, Island Hopper, and headed for Prince Edward Island, and its capital Charlottetown. A tour of this historic town, famous for being the place Canadian unification was first drafted. We headed out to the north of the Island for a bike ride along the scenic coast, then a culinary education in shellfish - the food was an absolute delight from Oysters to Mussels to Crab and finally Lobster, all caught fresh! A vineyard Tour and then a ferry back to Nova Scotia, we headed for Cape Breton, and the quiet, scenic Cabot Trail, which gets busy in the Summer.

A Tour of this "Scottish" Island via a distillery - the whiskey was excellent - led us through forests, looking for "Mousse" and along the coast where you can sail out to whale watch although the sea too rough for us. We finally ended up on the Atlantic Coast staying at Keltic Lodge, visiting the Scottish Heritage centre, and ending up at the Inverrary Inn in Baddeck on the gorgeous Bras D'Or Lake. In-between, we went Kayaking on the North River. Exhilarated and full of good memories, we headed back to Halifax.