The Brighton Palace Pier is surely one of the top tourist destinations in Brighton. The city on the seaside is only an hour from London by train. In the height of summer, one can imagine it would be absolutely packed with families. You could be scrambling onto the roller coaster and bumper cars, slurping on ice creams, and getting sticky with cotton candy. But by November, that’s unlikely to happen!
Have you joined the war on cars yet? We’ve only been in England for 24 hours and I already have a particular disdain for countries that don’t let you just hop a train to another city with ease. If you’ve got road rage (and not the kind that comes from driving angrily) you might like this podcast.
Blomidon Provincial Park in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia is known for its beach and campground. But there are also several great hikes around the park, that are accessible even when the park itself closes for the season. One of the great parts of hiking in the fall is that the leaves have started to change and fall. You can really start to see more of the views of the cliffs from the trail.
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On a warmer day, I’m sure the Ross Bay beach would have been packed. There was loads of room for kids to run on the rocks, and to hunt for sea glass and driftwood. Lots of locals were sitting on the sea wall with coffees, watching the adventurous surfers.
Phew finally Wednesday! (Or, phew, Wednesday already if that’s how you’re feeling).
Our visit to Sidney by the Sea was one of those random flukes that happen while traveling that turn out to be the highlight of the whole trip. We had planned a week on Vancouver Island. I had a week’s worth of vacation to use up at work. After 2 years of COVID, I was going a little stir crazy. Sidney turned out to be the perfect small town for two or three nights – and filled with no fewer than 6 bookshops!
I’ve managed to miss Wednesday this week, so we’ll reset on Thursday instead! Yesterday I had my first day as a substitute teacher in Nova Scotia, and my first day back in the classroom since pre-Covid. That experience definitely warrants a Thursday reset. Middle school is a wild place…
I’ve been lucky enough to get to visit many of Canada’s best and brightest cities, but I am of the opinion that St.…
It’s nearly Canadian Thanksgiving, and this weekend is a ten kilometer run I’ve been training for, so lots of reasons to eat good food. This whole roasted cauliflower is calling my name and (since clearly I’m on a cauliflower kick) this cheese curry pie was delicious this week.