Nova Scotia - An Atlantic Shore Treasure
Visiting Nova Scotia is a dream vacation for individuals who like the outdoors, rugged sea coasts, lighthouses and of course food and drink. Located on the far eastern side of Canada on the Atlantic Ocean, Nova Scotia has a style and culture all of its own from the rest of the country. The people are extremely welcoming and friendly. The seafood is fresh and can be found everywhere you go with the love or lobster and seafood chowder. The views are amazing and while it is Canada's most densely populated province, there is open space, lakes, forest and seaside bluffs everywhere.
We had 8 days to visit the province in mid-October of 2019. We explored the largest city of Halifax on foot before setting forth on a 2000 mile journey north to Cape Breton and around the inspiring Cabbot Trail. We then out to the sunrise coast at Pictou, out into the Bay of Fundy for a great sea kayaking excursion and then to the Atlantic fishing towns of Lunenberg and Peggy's Cove before heading back to where we started in Halifax.
Along the way, we would follow three separate culinary trails the Lobster Trail, Chowder Trail, and the Good Cheers Trail served as a guide to great food and drinks. We would visit 13 breweries, 4 distilleries, and each seafood at least once a day. The seafood was delicious and fresh, so fresh that you could stop by the convenience store in Advocate Harbor and find fresh scallops that had come off the boats that call this harbor home.
Over the next few weeks, I will be adding posts all about our visit to Nova Scotia and share some of the highlights and outstanding culinary journies. I hope that you will find the posts fun and interesting whether you are an armchair traveler or planning your own trip to Nova Scotia. We visited the third week of September and temperature varied from cold to very pleasant. Many seasonal places were shutting down or in their last weekend so much later in the year and you may find that you do not have as many options for activities or even places to eat.
I hope you enjoy joining us on our journey and that our trip may inspire you to try something new or to plan to visit this amazing Provence of the Atlantic side of the country.
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| Cape D'Ore Light House and Cliffs near Advocate Harbor Steven Yackel |
We had 8 days to visit the province in mid-October of 2019. We explored the largest city of Halifax on foot before setting forth on a 2000 mile journey north to Cape Breton and around the inspiring Cabbot Trail. We then out to the sunrise coast at Pictou, out into the Bay of Fundy for a great sea kayaking excursion and then to the Atlantic fishing towns of Lunenberg and Peggy's Cove before heading back to where we started in Halifax.
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| Peggy's Cove Harbor Steven Yackel |
Along the way, we would follow three separate culinary trails the Lobster Trail, Chowder Trail, and the Good Cheers Trail served as a guide to great food and drinks. We would visit 13 breweries, 4 distilleries, and each seafood at least once a day. The seafood was delicious and fresh, so fresh that you could stop by the convenience store in Advocate Harbor and find fresh scallops that had come off the boats that call this harbor home.
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| Local Oysters on the Half Shell Steven Yackel |
Over the next few weeks, I will be adding posts all about our visit to Nova Scotia and share some of the highlights and outstanding culinary journies. I hope that you will find the posts fun and interesting whether you are an armchair traveler or planning your own trip to Nova Scotia. We visited the third week of September and temperature varied from cold to very pleasant. Many seasonal places were shutting down or in their last weekend so much later in the year and you may find that you do not have as many options for activities or even places to eat.
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| Sea Kayaking Near the Three Sisters Steven Yackel |
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