Walking The Ocean Floor and Walking Through Time

Karen here.

I didn't know that on this adventure to Halifax I would have an opportunity to walk the ocean's floor, but as a family we have now done it. We hopped in the car a couple of weeks ago and took a day trip to the Bay of Fundy. We stopped in Wolfville to have lunch, about an hour outside Halifax.

As we drove through the quaint town we saw dozens of Acadia University students proudly sporting Acadia gear. And we asked ourselves, did I ever do that? Wear my University sweats on a beautiful Saturday out to brunch, or even just walking down the street? The streets were littered with kids taking their pictures in front of the Acadia University. Can we say end of the school year? ;)

So we went for a walk along the main drag. We asked some locals where to have brunch, to which they replied they had no idea but that they had only heard from their neighbours that a crepe placewas good. Silly of them not to know any recommendations, but it turns out it was pretty good.

From there we hopped back in the car to make our way to the Bay of Fundy. We had researched a few wineries in the area prior to our departure and luckily one of them was open... the Blomidon Winery. The lady manning the store talked our ears off about their finery, but from her meanderings, we did select a national silver medal winning sparkling white wine to have at Easter.

We hopped back in the car for the last leg of our journey. There are obviously a number of spots one can go to to look out over the Bay, but we found one with stairs to the ocean floor. Here are a few pictures from our short walk.

Love the red sand in these parts

Me and my little man

Rocks on the ocean floor

Matt and Magnus

Like father like son

Aren't they cute?

On the way back we stopped on the side of the road to get this picture.

It was a little overcast that day, but Magnus was good in the car (until we were 20 minutes from home that is) and we had a once in a lifetime adventure. All in all a great day.


Now, this blog post has a second part, due to the fact that we have thus far neglected to tell you about our trip to Lunenburg, a trip we took in FEBRUARY! So anyway, in February we took a day trip to Lunenburg which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site because of its unique architecture and civic design, being the best example of planned British colonial settlement in Canada (thank you Wikipedia - yes I totally plagiarized that sentence). Here are a few examples.

Really cool buildings, each a different bright colour

St. John's Anglican Church built in 1753. It suffered a fire in 2001 and was rebuilt.
Can you see Magnus and I?

The Lunenburg Academy, the only intact 19th century academy building surviving in Nova Scotia.

We had a lovely day that day, touring the town. It was 14 degrees outside (why I remember that I don't know). It was warm and felt like spring in February!!!. Look at how blue the sky was!

Magnus and I overlooking the harbour

One thing on Matt's list to do was to check out a local distillery called Ironworks. Their building was once a blacksmith's shop. Here's a picture of the preserved building. You can see part of the distillery machinery on display in the background.

Ironworks Distillery

Ironworks has one of the coolest products I've ever seen. Last spring they tied empty bottles to pear trees and over the summer the pears grew inside the bottles. They then harvested the bottles and filled them with a special brew. Don't they look amazing?

Ironworks Pear Liqueur

Another pretty special day. :)