Travels, Trips & Tails

Maccan Tidal Wetland Park

Maccan Tidal Wetland Park is located between the towns of River Hebert and Nappan on the Fundy shore in the province of Nova Scotia in Canada. It is a beautiful place to watch the tidal bore with a posted list of the tide times. It is also a nice place for a stroll around the pond to watch birds, ducks, butterflies and wild flowers. It is a perfect place to stretch one’s legs after a long car drive. The walking trail between the Maccan river and the wetland is short and pleasant but mosquitoes can be bothersome so don’t forget to pack your bug spray, hat and sunscreen. There are picnic tables and park benches. It’s so great to find these little ...

Once Upon A Time in Vancouver : The 2018 Creation Entertainment OUAT Conference

You probably all know the show that started in 2011 but we hadn’t heard of the ABC TV show “Once Upon A Time” until 2017 when we started watching it on Netflix. We were hooked from the beginning and started binge-watching 3 or 4 episodes every day once we started. It was in February 2018 when we were at season 6 of the series when we happened to discover Creation Entertainment was holding a OUAT Conference in Vancouver in March 2018 and we were so totally in love with the show that we decided, for once upon a time, to go to one of these conferences. We bought our tickets less than a month before the event and were so excited ...

Kejimkujik National Park – Meadow Beach in Winter – Dami

Kejimkujik National Park – Meadow Beach in Winter – Dami : It was so cool to get to Meadow Beach where we once dipped our toes and find a glimpse of the sandy beach. Thumbs up to this beautiful place. We laid a tarp and sat down to eat our lunch and take some sun in. More pictures from Nova Scotia in our Nova Scotia Photo Gallery

Nova Scotia – Mersey River Chalet – Cascades

Nova Scotia – Mersey River Chalet – Cascades : More pictures from Nova Scotia in our Nova Scotia Photo Gallery

2 Nights at the Montreal Bonaventure Hotel in Montreal

Main entrance of the Bonaventure Hotel The Montreal Bonaventure Hotel is the perfect choice when traveling by train. It’s right across the street from the station and only a short walk. It is accessible by stepping outside to cross the street or it is also possible to stay indoors but it’s a longer walk. I love the Bonaventure Hotel and their service has always been outstanding. What sets them apart from other hotels in Montreal besides their location is the fact they are on the upper floors of the building with a river flowing all around the rooftop gardens. The evergreens, plants and flowers are so beautiful, and the resident ducks, ducklings and koi fish outside what used to be the ...

Nova Scotia – Mersey River Chalet – West Side Dock

Nova Scotia – Mersey River Chalet – West Side Dock : We didn't have time to canoe this other side of Harry lake. Maybe in October on our next trip. More pictures from Nova Scotia in our Nova Scotia Photo Gallery

My First All Inclusive Vacation in Cuba

Sitting on the beach and doing nothing isn’t my idea of a vacation so I’ve never gone beyond Florida for some warm weather when winter in Canada strikes. I’ve heard tales of Cuba from a few friends and acquaintances who have been there and say it’s a great place for a vacation so finally decided to give it a try and booked a 7 day all inclusive trip to Cuba. One thing I liked flying with Sunwing is that there are direct flights from Moncton and the flight departure times and arrivals in Cuba are perfect, not too early to leave, departed at around 5 pm and arriving at a good time around 5 PM as well! I like to get ...

5 Days to Walt Disney World!

Only one hand left of fingers to count until we leave for Orlando, Florida to Walt Disney World. I just came back from Sobey’s with bags of snack packs and nuts and dried bananas: I’m nuts and bananas for dried bananas! It’s true! I just love them! And I also bought a bagful of Jello for airmiles! Crazy I know and I felt like the guy who bought those puddings a while back when he found a glitch in the system. The Jello packs were .65 cents each and if you bought 3 you got 5 airmiles. I thought that was a pretty good deal so I bought 24 for 40 airmiles! Not too shabby! I spent 15.60$ for 40 airmiles ...

3 nights and 2 days in the New Brunswick’s Acadian Peninsula

Ever since moving to New Brunswick, we consider ourselves full time tourists. We are so fortunate to see the tidal bore along the Riverfront Park many times a week in Riverview, Moncton and Dieppe. This is such a beautiful province in which we still have so much to see and do. This time we peeked into the Acadian Peninsula which is situated on the northeastern part of the province. We spent 3 nights at the Super 8 in Caraquet. We had a room on the 3rd floor facing the ocean and the port of Caraquet. We were there with the cats and they absolutely loved the view! It almost had a resort feel to it with the mini golf, the playground, ...

Nova Scotia – Upper Clements Wildlife Park – Lonely Bear

Nova Scotia – Upper Clements Wildlife Park – Lonely Bear : A poor loney bear missing its mate who had passed away recently. So sad. I hope they can rescue another one and bring her some company so they can have their snack at the picnic table again! More pictures from Nova Scotia in our Nova Scotia Photo Gallery

Nova Scotia – Mersey River Chalet – Harry Lake East Branch – Lillipads

Nova Scotia – Mersey River Chalet – Harry Lake East Branch – Lillipads : Some of the lillipads on the river were in bloom although unfortunately I wasn't able to capture one in photo. The sun was warm but it wasn't too hot. It was just perfect. More pictures from Nova Scotia in our Nova Scotia Photo Gallery

Verdmont House on Collector’s Hill in Bermuda

Atop of Collector’s Hill, named after a collector who used to reside at Verdmont House, is erected a pink house in Georgian Style. We were charmed as soon as we arrived and started with lunch, sitting on the bench at the back of the house which is in fact the front, facing the ocean on the south shore. The house has breath taking views and is filled with cedar antiques and was built around 1700 for John and Elizabeth Dickinson. John Dickinson was a privateer and was very rich, much so he had a fireplace built in every room of the house! After lunch, we took our time visiting the 3 floor house, guided at first by a volunteer British woman who ...

Victoria, British Columbia: Musical Penthouses

After visiting Sechelt for a special 3 generation Mother’s Day and a very special birthday, Mama D and I (dd) were on our way to Victoria on Vancouver Island. After a 3 hour ride on Malaspina Coach including a ferry ride, we hopped on a Pacific Coach bus for another 3 hour ride including another ferry ride. It was a 9 hour trip in total from door to door. We spent a day with Auntie CJ. She brought us to Point Ellice House and gardens. It’s a beautiful place to visit but because it is between two dump sites the smell is unbearable. Maybe they were composting sites, I thought it smelt like strong fermented Kalamatta olives. After the House we ...

Uisge Ban Falls Baddeck Nova Scotia

We welcomed the New Year in Nova Scotia, staying at the Big Hill Retreat near Baddeck Nova Scotia. The weather was un-believably warm, we had days close to 8 degrees Celsius and on New Year’s Day we decided to go for a hike to see the Uishge Ban Falls Trail. We had wanted to visit the park when we were in Cape Breton in the Fall but just didn’t have enough time to visit everywhere on our wish list so we decided that January was as good a time as any! We’ve heard that it is a very busy trail in the summer and sometimes the parking lot is completely full but when we got there on a snowy late morning ...

A Long Weekend In Calgary, Alberta

Mama D and I are in Calgary, Alberta and are having a blast! We are in the first long leg of a 3 week trip across Alberta and British Columbia. We are spending 4 nights here in Calgary and our first day was spent at the Glenbow Museum. We were there with my late uncle’s friend whom we enjoyed the company, sharing memories and had lunch at the famous Devonian Gardens walking through Stephen Avenue. Our second day was spent at the Calgary tower where we were fortunate enough to witness the shooting of the next season of Amazing Race Canada. It was an Amazing experience! It was a beautiful sunny day, and we enjoyed ourselves as we stayed longer than planned, ...

A Czech Wedding in Kostelec Nad Cernymi Lesy

After a decent night of sleep according to Czech standards (6.5 hours), I woke up to a grey cold morning in my fresh white and orange IKEA decorated room. I wrote some postcards thinking I would post them right away but on Saturday, the Post Office is only open from 8-10 and when I got there, the line up was all the way to the entrance. I asked the client behind me “Mluvite Anglicky?”, and he responded with a nod of the head meaning so so and I showed him the stamp square on the postcard and he pointed me to the tobacco shop. I decided I would wait to mail my postcards and came back to my room to get ...

Waimea Canyon: Dark Rum on The Lanai

Had a good night sleep after DD’s awesome seafood and sticky rice supper and the room is very quiet and I woke up early after having some Montreal Cinema Rialto dreams of the Marquis de Sade and his powdered poisons from the Cocoa roots and I hear lamentations and protests and old ghosts from my past and their smoky damned Du Maurier dragons. Crazy dreams even for a Tropical Island! Must have been the rum-induced atmosphere that increased the depth of my sleep that manifested such visions. Anyway the Kauai roosters were crowing this morning again and I switched on the Hula Girl bedside lamp and saw that the colorful feathered cretins had woken me up at the at the ...

Nova Scotia – Mersey River Chalets – Orange Dami

Nova Scotia – Mersey River Chalets – Orange Dami : Dami with his rubber boots and hot seats ready to do a short canoe trip on the West Branch. More pictures from Nova Scotia in our Nova Scotia Photo Gallery