I imagine myself being Mayberry as I walked through the small town of Wolfville where everyone knows everyone else and there are no secrets beyond the first day of telling them. The two main banks in the town are still in their original 19th century buildings and the commercial area Read more
Dartmouth is the opposite of Halifax. It’s on the opposite shore of Halifax, the architecture makes no sense, it’s inconvenient to live on the schedule of a half-hourly ferry, and it’s expensive to cross on the two toll bridges to Halifax. If they put Province House in Dartmouth, it would Read more
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
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
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