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Anybody ever done a week in Nova Scotia?
Posted by Slippy on 8/25/21 at 12:45 pm00
Thinking about getting a cottage on the beach in NS next summer, driving around to PEA and NB for day trips.
Anybody done this? Tips?
Anybody done this? Tips?
re: Anybody ever done a week in Nova Scotia?Posted by PurpleAndGoldFinger on 8/25/21 at 3:51 pm to Slippy
My parents did it a few years back. Tracing our family history. Really enjoyed their trip. Said the people there were super friendly and was a beautiful place. He said they also enjoyed speaking French with a guy from lower bayou choupique..
We did this in 2018. After a brief stay in Bar Harbor, Maine drove to St John, NB. Took the ferry the next day to Digby. Stayed in a bed and breakfast on a dairy farm basically outside of town somewhere for several days. Took some day trips from there to the west side of the island where our waitress sounded like she was from Pierre Part or thereabouts, to Annapolis Royal (great lobster roll in an Austrian restaurant), and an Acadian village museum of some sort. Then moved up to a bed and breakfast near or in Wolfville I think. Spent two nights there if I recall. Watched the tide come in and visited Grand-Pré. Then we went up to Cape Breton and did some hiking in the national park. Then we went to the Alexander Graham Bell museum on our way to Prince Edward Island for several days. Went to the Ross Family Ceilidh - wasn’t sure I would, but I really enjoyed it.
The breakfasts at our bed and breakfasts were great. Homemade jams, breads, maple syrup, etc.
Great trip, but I don’t think you can pick one spot and make day trips to everywhere you would want. Too far.
The breakfasts at our bed and breakfasts were great. Homemade jams, breads, maple syrup, etc.
Great trip, but I don’t think you can pick one spot and make day trips to everywhere you would want. Too far.
re: Anybody ever done a week in Nova Scotia?Posted by La Squared on 8/25/21 at 5:28 pm to Slippy
We went in the summer of ‘07 for our honeymoon. Stayed in Halifax, Digby, & Yarmouth during the trip. Besides those towns we went to Peggy’s Cove, Grand Pre, and a few other stops I can’t recall. Beautiful place that I really enjoyed seeing.
re: Anybody ever done a week in Nova Scotia?Posted by geauxpurple on 8/26/21 at 7:39 pm to Slippy
Did not spend a week there but I have been to Halifax. Pretty town. Three things stand out:
The Titantic Cemetery - Halifax was the nearest port to the disaster and was where the recovered bodies were brought to be buried. It is strange seeing rows and rows of tombstones with different names, different dates of birth, and all with the same date of death, April 15, 1912.
Peggy's Cove - Dramatic views of the iconic red and white lighthouse with the waves crashing against the rocks.
Lobsters - Eat them every chance you get.
The Titantic Cemetery - Halifax was the nearest port to the disaster and was where the recovered bodies were brought to be buried. It is strange seeing rows and rows of tombstones with different names, different dates of birth, and all with the same date of death, April 15, 1912.
Peggy's Cove - Dramatic views of the iconic red and white lighthouse with the waves crashing against the rocks.
Lobsters - Eat them every chance you get.
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Yes, we did a week there. Flew into Halifax, did Peggy’s Cove, drove to the Bay of Fundy (at low tide). Then drove across NB and the Confederation Bridge to PEI. Ferry back to NS, then the Cape Breton drive. Stayed on Cape Breton for a couple of nights.
It was August and the weather was fantastic. I saw the biggest scallops & lobsters I’ve ever seen for sale in the seafood markets.
The seafood was really good everywhere we went, as was the lobster stuffed potato in PEI.
It was August and the weather was fantastic. I saw the biggest scallops & lobsters I’ve ever seen for sale in the seafood markets.
The seafood was really good everywhere we went, as was the lobster stuffed potato in PEI.
re: Anybody ever done a week in Nova Scotia?Posted by real turf fan on 9/1/21 at 5:16 pm to Warheel
I've been to Halifax a couple of times. Nova Scotia is lovely.
I'd add a trip by car ferry up to Newfoundland. Then the coast road up the western arm.
Gros Morne National Park is magnificent and unlike any parks I've ever visited. Up at the end of the road, plan to visit Aux en Meadows, the National Park that is where the Viking explorers came to the new world. The reconstructed buildings are unforgettable, and we saw them on a gray and rainy day and were the only tourists there to the feel of the place was right.
The ferry to and from was also a great place to watch whales from and to talk to the locals.
I'd add a trip by car ferry up to Newfoundland. Then the coast road up the western arm.
Gros Morne National Park is magnificent and unlike any parks I've ever visited. Up at the end of the road, plan to visit Aux en Meadows, the National Park that is where the Viking explorers came to the new world. The reconstructed buildings are unforgettable, and we saw them on a gray and rainy day and were the only tourists there to the feel of the place was right.
The ferry to and from was also a great place to watch whales from and to talk to the locals.
re: Anybody ever done a week in Nova Scotia?Posted by speckledawg on 9/2/21 at 9:45 am to Slippy
Spent about 6 weeks up there over two trips, unfortunately both were in Jan/Feb. Halifax is a cool little town. Took the ferry over from Dartmouth, which was freezing cold, but still enjoyable.
As others mentioned, Peggy's Cove is beautiful. We actually had a sunny "warm" day when we visited, but I'd love to go back in the summer.
Ate enough lobster rolls & fish/chips to kill someone.
Peggy's Cove:
As others mentioned, Peggy's Cove is beautiful. We actually had a sunny "warm" day when we visited, but I'd love to go back in the summer.
Ate enough lobster rolls & fish/chips to kill someone.
Peggy's Cove:
This post was edited on 9/2 at 9:49 am
I ate a lot of lobster chowder (had plenty of potatoes and corn in the chowder) and lobster rolls during my visit there. It was good. I came home and my blood pressure was sky high with all the sodium. It took a long time for the BP to come down to normal.
This post was edited on 9/7 at 11:34 am
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