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| Beautiful flowers, busy bees doing their job |
More wonderful 'sea time' on the shore and on the water. We are quite smitten with the vibrant colours and traditional housing architecture everywhere we go. Both were very evident along the shores of Lunenburg Harbour… and best viewed from the water. We were lucky to secure a room with an (almost) front row seat to the bustling and touristy harbour docks; and we spent most of our time exploring said docks and nearby shops.
Kathy had kindly arranged for us and an old friend (well, she's not that old but we've known her for ages :-) to experience a harbour sail on board a sea-going schooner. Several ships were secured along the docks and we thought we'd spied our 'ride' only to discover a much different craft was indeed our destination (photos of both). We had a blast nonetheless and Trish even took a turn on the helm. We had a great day visiting and enjoyed the sun setting over Lunenburg Harbour, as viewed from our personal balcony :-)
Today is now Friday the 8th and we are overnighting at Berry's Motel. It's quite something (not) when viewed from the street but, true to the telling, reviews on Google confirmed it a worthy stop and so we did. Our room is freshly renovated and clean as a whistle. We are content. Tomorrow we press on to our destination (Mabou) and a meet up with Kathy's relatives. Thus will begin a 'gathering of the clan' and several days exploring Cape Breton and more. I'm not sure how much connectivity there will be in Mabou so no worries if no posts for the next several days…. Until I write again… CJ
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| SV Eastern Star - the ship we sailed on |
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| The SV Theresa E. Connor - not the ship we sailed on, but the last Bluenose Grand Banks fishing schooner, now employed as park of the Lunenburg Fisheries Museum |
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| Trish (on her first ever sail) and Kathy |
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| Colourful buildings along the Lunenburg shore |
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| Another beautiful piece of maritime history |
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| Kathy enjoying the ride |
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| CJ likes it |
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| Captain Trish at the helm |
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| Our view from our balcony at the Rum Runner |
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| A better view … sunset. |
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| Colourful street-side in front of our hotel |
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| Tasting the local brew |
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| We spent several hours in the wonderful Fisheries Museum |
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| One of many of Lunenburg’s landmark historic churches |
