SWITZERLAND
There’s nothing like Maritime hospitality
JOHN SWITZER
So when a buddy said, “Come on out
east!” I caught a cheap flight for $400. (Fuel for a return road trip from Ottawa to Halifax is about $450 and consumes approximately 28 hours.) I arrived at the airport early. I went
through security, and sat in the antiseptic lounge for too long. (But as a people watcher, I loved it.) Approximately an hour and a half later
of actual flight time, I arrived in Halifax, but too late for the pubs (durn!) The first morning we headed for
breakfast at my buddy’s local (the Deck
in Blandford) then meandered down “the [Annapolis] Valley”. We roared down
Hwy 12 (he has a bit of a lead foot, and gas just dropped to $1.32 a litre) to Wolfville and back to Deep Cove. We were loaded down with fresh produce. We arrived at his (other) local, The Fo’c’sle (the oldest pub outside
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Halifax, built in 1764) for a refreshing beverage and a chat with the locals. The journey was a rollercoaster ride on good pavement, over the rolling hills, with gardens, orchards and wineries zipping past. Day 2 was even better as we raced to
Lunenburg in a vintage Italian sports car. We passed through Chester and Mahone Bay to the Lunenburg Harbour Folk Festival. The roads were again designed for a driving enthusiast as we dipped and rose past exceptional 19th
architecture and bays full of sailboats. We spent too much time in the sun
listening to great music and on a patio overlooking the harbour; then we grabbed some fresh salmon and headed home for a BBQ. Sunday was a quiet wander up the
Eastern Shore (north of Halifax) but this was a mission. We were headed to Tangier Harbour the home of Willy Krauch’s Smoked Atlantic Salmon Emporium. The road was exceptional as it climbed,
dropped and twisted along the shore, a biker’s dream but with a view. The terrain
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