Category: Canada 2010

Premiere Moisson saw us twice this day: first up for breakfast.  This man was slicing the tops of all his bread with a razor, just before sliding them into the oven.  He was really quick with that blade. We took it all back to the room and looking out at our view, enjoyed our meal… Continue reading Last Day in Montreal →

This deserves its own post for one reason: Première Moisson Bakery. Première Moisson means "First Harvest," which I assume refers to the wheat in their flour, or possibly the fact that everything is so fresh looking in the morning.  I'd read about it before coming to Montreal and was delighted to find out how close… Continue reading Menu–Montreal →

This is in two parts--Nova Scotia and Montreal. We learned quickly to dial down our aspirations for food in Nova Scotia, with occasional exceptions.  Sorry to let you in a big secret, but in a land where Tim Hortons is as big as McDonald's in the States, you can also expect some of the same… Continue reading Menu–Canada →

The little black car to the right was our main mode of transit around Canada, and we logged some 1202 miles driving around Nova Scotia, Cape Breton Island and Prince Edward Island (thats 1934.4 kilometers, which sounds like a whole lot more than the miles equivalent).  Here it's parked on the car/people ferry from Prince… Continue reading Canadian Transit →

This was our first lighthouse that we saw, near Cavendish, Prince Edward Island (PEI) in North Rustico Harbour.  It has the shape, and the cupola on top, but alas, I think this is just a house.  We turned 180 degrees from this site, and saw this: We soon figured out that the shape of a… Continue reading Lighthouses →

"Okay, Dave," I said this morning.  "Today is Eat Your Way Through Montreal!" I'd been reading the guidebooks, the web, and had found several food items that seemed to be Montreal specialties, and since this was our last full day, we had to hit them all.  But first, a stop at the cathedral that we… Continue reading Sailors and First Harvest →

Thought I'd show you the doors going into the Metro stations from the street.  They pivot on the center which means, now that we're having a heat wave here, that they can prop them open to get a breeze into the extremely hot and muggy Metro Stations. Just outside the Metro, Dave spots this urban… Continue reading Notre-Dame and Jazz →

We flew early this morning to Montreal, leaving behind the green Nova Scotia islands.  First up: locate hotel.  Next up: persuade them to let us check in early (it's 9:30 a.m.)  Miraculously, they did let us check in.  Bliss.  We took time to get the wireless working for our iPhones, took a break, then went… Continue reading Mont-Royal, Park and City →

We visited Lunenberg today, a place that has a lot of really old homes as well as others that they've painted bright colors (example above).  The trim on this is lavender and it has has a blue door, but I think they're not quite done with the painting yet. We're two too-tired tourists, so the… Continue reading Last Day in Halifax Area →