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 Read more…
Distance: 538 kmDate: 22-23 November 2024Location: Ontario, New York Up front: The interior looks stunning at first glance, the stalks and buttons have muted clicks, and the genuine leather is supple. But a closer inspection of the materials reveal lots 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Read more…