Last week we returned back to Toronto after our second Prince Edward Island family vacation. During our first visit about five years ago, we took the ferry from Carribou to Woods Island and while we did debate about taking the ferry from Halifax to Charlottetown, in the end we decided to drive across the bridge […]
If you’re visiting Nova Scotia and planning to drive the Cabot Trail with kids (or without), there are quite a few Cabot Trail highlights to enjoy along the way, but one we always look for is a great Cape Breton beach to relax at. During our many Cape Breton family vacations to hang out with […]
With many ships docking in Sydney, Nova Scotia we thought we’d share a few shore excursions for your time in Sydney. While there are plenty of things to do in Sydney, Cape Breton, there are also some fun day trips from Sydney (NS) that are great for families with kids or without. If you have […]
Will travel for food and drink has been my motto since I was a child and on every trip we take, I do my best to hunt down local eats. Since Chris spent most of his childhood in Cape Breton and because we visit Cape Breton with our kids at least once a year, I’ve […]
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 June, 2019 — 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 of […]
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 […]
