The last remaining blockhouse in Nova Scotia is in Windsor, NS at Fort Edward National Historic Site. New Brunswick also has its own last blockhouse at St. Andrews, so there are very few of these left. Major Charles Lawrence ordered it built in 1750. In 1779, Flora MacDonald spent a Read more…
Distance: 690 kmDate: 25 to 27 October, 2024Location: Alberta, Saskatchewan Up front: The large touch-screen centre display and wide digital gauge cluster is designed to resemble the S-Class super screen, but I still liked the old MBUX system with a selection wheel from the generation prior. The steering wheel buttons Read more…
My friends in the UK don’t come from Hong Kong’s British connection, but from the people I’ve worked and studied with in continental Europe and North America. London is the financial centre and poster child for a prosperous Britain. It has theatres, gleaming skyscrapers, high-paying jobs, and world-class restaurants. But Read more…
Distance: 326kmLocation: Nova ScotiaDate: November 19-20, 2022 Up front: It’s objective not a bad car to drive but it is an uncomfortable car to sit in. Unlike BMW’s sedans, there is no thigh support and no lumbar support. The leather-like material on the seats are cheap and the sun visor Read more…
Pier 21 in Halifax is what Staten Island was to New York—the first port of entry for many migrants in the 19th and early 20th century. The special exhibition on German-Canadian relations was told through a series of photographs depicting German immigrants to eastern Canada and Canadians occupying West Germany Read more…
Instead of being a giant Greek Revival building full of dead exhibits, Halifax‘s Museum of Natural History comes alive with staff introducing visitors to live specimens of non-native animals. I also appreciated the prehistoric exhibit told through the lens of Nova Scotia’s indigenous people. Reptiles are cheap to buy and Read more…
Route: Montreal to WinnipegPlane: A320-200Date: Sep 28, 2024Price paid: $195 + $125 eUpgrade ComfortThe vintage-style seats are wide and cushy, only lacking the thigh rest found on newer seats. here are two seats missing on the first row on the left side of the plane, so the aircraft only has Read more…
There are two lounges in Winnipeg and there is only a main terminal area. There’s no separate terminal space for transborder flights. Plaza Premium Lounge Eligible Priority Pass and Dragon Pass members and some credit card have the $59 access fee waived. There is a full service bar where basic Read more…
The Lehigh Valley Heritage Center is the history museum and artifact archive of the coal mining, steel smelting, and war loving region in the Great Appalachian Valley. The coal was used to power ships, the steel used to build ships, and men sent to operate the ships. The ships were Read more…
Human ingenuity led to the industrial revolution but it was powered by coal. Long hours and low pay, coal miners fed the machines in Detroit that built Ford Model T’s on a production line, the locomotives that shipped them all over the world, and cooked the food of the people Read more…