While growing up in Nova Scotia, I grew keenly aware of the perils of coal mining. One of my most indelible school memories is learning the song Springhill Mining Disaster in my grade 5 music Class. Its solemn refrain, “Bone and blood is the price of coal”, is a truth that every man who ever set foot […]
If you’re visiting Cape Breton island in Nova Scotia, Canada and are looking for things to do on the Cabot Trail, Ingonish has probably entered your radar. Located along the northeast coast of Cape Breton Island, Ingonish is on the Cabot Trail and is on the eastern entrance to the popular Cape Breton Highlands National Park. Visitors to […]
Travel and Leisure Magazine calls Cape Breton Island the best island in Canada, the third best in the world in fact. A photographer’s dream, a seafood lover’s delight, and hiker’s paradise, the island is a great vacation destination for the whole family. Listen up if you’re looking for things to do in Cape Breton with […]
— Updated August 16, 2018 — Back in 2009, Cape Breton Island made it to number 3 on Travel and Leisure magazine’s reader list of the best islands in the world. It’s been a mainstay on the list ever since. Considering the competition, which included Bali and the Galapagos islands, the ranking was a point […]
Behold the Big Spruce Brewery. Dance with the Ra Ra Rasputin Imperial Stout, aged in Single Malt Whiskey Barrels from the Glenora Distillery, Canada’s only single malt whiskey maker. On a hot summer day, sample 8 beers on tap, perhaps the great Bitter Get’er Black IPA, the terrific Complexified Barrel Aged Baltic Porter, and the sublime […]
This Fashion Friday I want to show some pictures and videos from our visit to Egypt Falls in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. When we told the hub’s dad that we’d be in Cape Breton for a few days after our tour of Newfoundland, he insisted that we try and make it to Egypt Falls. What he […]
A few years ago, during a weekend getaway on Prince Edward Island, we discovered a restaurant called New Glasgow Lobster Suppers and experienced one of the more memorable meals in all of our travels. In a large restaurant, amidst what could have been more than 200 diners, we sat down and enjoyed a delicious lobster […]
We recently jumped on a new BMO Mastercard Air Miles credit card offer, and as you may recall, some of the perks included bonus Air Miles, discounted mileage redemption AND lounge passes. Last week we finally boarded the flight to Sydney, Nova Scotia that we had booked using those points. Since the original booking of the […]
This summer we spent a couple weeks exploring Nova Scotia and one of the highlights was most definitely our Cape Breton drive with the kids. The Cabot Trail, named after John Cabbot who landed in Atlantic Canada in 1479, is a stunning drive with plenty to see, do and marvel at but it’s not the only […]
Wolfville, located in the Annapolis Valley in Nova Scotia is a cute little cultural hub that is quite baby friendly. They pride themselves in offering a cultivated experience for the mind, body and soil. Yes they deliver on that promise! Neither the hubs nor I had been by way of Wolfville before and given that […]
