Lunenberg & Peggys Cove

First an apology, I remembered the camera, its batteries, its charger etc. but forgot the card reader and/or the usb cord for the thing, so pictures are going to have to wait until either I happen across a computer store where I can get a usb reader for reasonably cheap or until I get home.

Today Andi and I went to Lunenburg and Peggys Cove, two historic sites within about an hour and a half drive of Halifax.

Lunenburg is a small community on the southern coast of Nova Scotia, it's claims to fame are the fact that "Old Town” Lunenburg is an Unesco World Heritage Site and that it is the home of the Bluenose II.

Unfortunately the Bluenose II is out of town at the moment, but there were a handful of smaller sailing vessels in port. The Bluenose II is normally docked at the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic which we walked through. We had a nice lunch at a little restaurant facing the water, did a little bit of souvenir shopping (Gavin will have to grow into his gift a fair bit, but we couldn't pass it by) and walked around the little colonial old town.

From there we drove to Peggys Cove, a small ... scratch that, tiny ... fishing village sitting in the middle of this incredible rock strewn coastline with the iconic Light house out on the rocks. The space is beautiful, the tiny village idyllic, but the amount of tourism spoils it. We walked around for a bit, through shops with over priced trinkets and even more over priced artwork. We had dinner at the one restaurant in town, which I would strongly recommend skipping, the only saving grace for the fish and chips we both ordered was that the fish was really fresh ... soggy and poorly prepared, it was a total waste. In the end, if you visit Nova Scotia, you really do need to see Peggy's Cove, but go in knowing that you'll have to work hard to look past the tourist trappings to enjoy the natural beauty of the area.


The drive back from Peggys Cove is beautiful, but not for the faint of heart, winding roads following the coastline with speed limits of between 45 and 90 kph.

Well, that's it for tonight, going to relax and rest up for tomorrows walk through Halifax.

Ciao