Day 1 and 2: getting to the Canadian Maritimes.

3 weeks away with just cabin luggage meant some inventive packing but we didn't want to be managing big cases on our road trip or on the train once in Nova Scotia.Leaving Dorset on a very wet day we had an uneventful trip from Eastleigh to Dublin where we stayed once again at the airport Premier Inn.

Neither BA’s web site nor staff could check us in for the Heathrow-Montreal flight because they had “oversold the cabin.”  This meant we needed proof of our onward journey when we landed at Heathrow to avoid having to go land-side to get our boarding passes.  Luckily Bob had brought a print-out of our itinerary so we were allowed through the magic doors and finally got our boarding passes.

Although the Airport Inn at Montreal airport is convenient, with a free shuttle and clean, comfy bed it is not to be recommended.  Pretty shabby and of flimsy construction it was the “breakfast” which really ended any chance of a 1 star rec on Trip Advisor.  It consisted of horrid OJ, half a loaf of white bread and some jam sachets!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Days 7 & 8....north on Cape Breton Island.

Image
Firstly.  Apologies  to those of you who have been kind enough to comment.  Despite Googling, fiddling with settings in blogger and Safari I just can't access them!  I have been able to post comments myself so, maybe, I've fixed the problem but please don't spend time with your own comments as I may not have been successful........ Back to the “action”. After Sherbrook we headed north on the Trans Canada Highway.  It's on 1 lane in either direction, with some passing lanes on hills, but it's not too busy.  This is just as well as there are some deep potholes which it would be impossible to avoid if driving in heavy traffic. We crossed the causeway to Cape Breton Island through sea spray and strong winds but by the time we arrived at  Badeck it was sunny and quite warm.  This is the small resort where Alexander Graham Bell summered  when he lived in the USA sand there's an impressive museum dedicated to him.  I did not know that he ...
Read more

Day 16: Pré Grande.....

Image
....is a very interesting historic site which is “sacred” to the Acadiens, i.e. the mostly French settlers who came here in the 1680’s but were forcibly deported when the British won the region in a war with the French.  They were experts at reclaiming land between the tides (which are the highest in the world here, on the Bay of Fundy) using sluices and dykes.  Those who survived the deportation to the English colonies further south -especially Louisiana of course - or back to Europe could not return for many years but eventually some did and their descendants still have distinct settlements all over Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. A view over the salt marshes Memorial window in the modern church My photos just don't do the colours justice
Read more

Day 5: Peggy's Cove and Chester

Image
We took a drive out from Halifax on another glorious day to St Margaret's Bay.  The leaves are turning and the small communities we passed through were looking their best: shiplap houses, white churches, lots of annuals still flowering and many displays of pumpkins for sale. Chester Peggy's Cove
Read more