Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia

Poh Lin`s time in Fredericton is quickly coming to a close... for now. lol.
Thus, we decided it was high time to visit out lovely neighbouring province, Nova Scotia. We also wanted to do P.E.I but it rained the rest of the week so that was out.

Did a day in Halifax, then over to awe inspiring and soulful Peggy`s Cove.
Poh Lin ate her first Beaver Tail. Yum.
We then decided to get in some action and went to see Iron Man 3. Hehee.
All in all a wonderful drive.

Debbie and Poh Lin

Poh Lin overlooking the valley of boulders to the Atlantic ocean.

YF perched on top of a boat watching `things.`

The famous lighthouse in the background fog.

Just a short while ago, we had Poh Chin come to visit us as well.

It was great to have her. We enjoyed strolling through the `magic woods` to where the trees talk to you if you listen, saw many lovely spring flowers making their way up from their winter slumber towards the sunlight, and took time to just hang out, plot, scheme and laugh while we worked away on a myriad of things.

Annapolis Royal and Peggy's Cove with Shireen in Nova Scotia

My dear childhood friend, Shireen, and I spent a week traveling around Annapolis Royal and Peggy`s Cove in Nova Scotia. It was beautiful!

It was also the first time since we were kids that we were able to coordinate this much time together. What a great way of catching up!

We spent a lot of time photographing the different areas, knitting and chatting while sitting on those long bus rides. lol. Yeah, now there's a sexy sight. Two young things knitting up a storm on the back seat of a bus. It's actually very sexy.

The B&B`s were great. People super friendly. In Annapolis Royal, a local couple even adopted us and drove us around to all the different wharfs and coves as we didn`t have a car. They then showed us their blueberry fields and let us pick to our heart`s content. (They farm blueberries and beans.) What nice folks!

There is a highly recommended graveyard tour in the area which was very well presented. Annapolis Royal has Canada`s oldest cemetery, and of course, Acadian`s have their roots in the area so it made for a really educational and interesting tour.  Apparently the word `Cajun` is actually derived from `Acadian` as Cajuns are actually Acadians who made their way South.

Shireen showed me some new knitting techniques and I showed her the EU (Continental) way of knitting. She also gave me some great tips and advice for the camera I was using; a Canon 5D - a gift from her actually.
 

I made my first hat and shrug. The shrug ended up getting unravelled only to be started again last night because the dimensions ended up not working for me... ah well.. practice makes perfect. The hat worked out great however and my mom is now happily wearing it to keep warm.

Building "Bullwinkle." Oh yes... we did name our inukshuk after the cartoon character. We felt that  "Rocky" was a little too obvious. 

Shireen chilling on the boulders. This place sang to her soul. I hadn't seen her this peaceful in years.

We also did a little stop in Moncton, NB to go see Hopewell Cape/Rocks. Even the second time it was just as amazing to see. Luckily the weather was pretty good... lots of sun during most of the trip... we even got a tan!

Apparently Annapolis is quite warm in the winter... rarely ever snowing and it has the warmest waters North of the Carolinas... hmmmm... maybe I moved to the wrong place...? lol

Check out some of my photos!

Nova Scotia`s Peggys Cove |

Nova Scotia`s Annapolis Royal |