SWITZERLAND You won’t want to leave Nova Scotia JOHN SWITZER
and a free place to stay). The flight was less than two hours (vs a 14-hour road trip with too many distractions). We spent our first evening reminiscing
on a porch, gazing at the ocean, and watching a meteor shower in the warm dense fog. The fog cleared the next morning and
If you allow it, air travel can be
really painful. You have to fight the kiosk computer to check yourself in, buy a Tim’s at the top of the stairs and then have it confiscated at the bottom of the stairs. Security is always polite (it’s Canada, eh?), but they’re bored and overbearing. They’ll make you empty your pockets, remove your belt and unpack your computer. You can be belligerent, indignant
and pissed off, or you can arrive early, go with the flow and enjoy. You can find a quiet corner and savour the time to dream your dreams and think your thoughts. You can take the time to enjoy the beautiful passengers, the excited children – or marvel at the uptight indignant ones. Our latest tour was to Halifax, my
favourite part of the country (followed closely by other places that have friends
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we hit the road to The Deck in Blandford to enjoy one of Annie White’s great breakfasts. We roared south on route 3 past
sailboat-chocked harbours on a road that dipped and dived as it snaked past a history of brightly-painted, wooden clapboard-and- shake to Chester. It was Chester race week with lots to see while the sun poured down like a warm comforter. We continued past Oak Island,
Mahone Bay (a treasure since 1754) and on to Lunenburg where we enjoyed this UNESCO site – home of the Bluenose. We marvelled at the scantily-clad
tourists and antiquated housing that dates back to the 17th
century. Later we toured to
Bridgewater, then jumped the river and started up the opposite shore, where we stumbled onto the bones of an old French fort.
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Photos By BRUCE LORIMER
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