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0:01nova scotia is incredible and for 10
0:04days i explored the province with my
0:06family all the way from halifax to the
0:08top of cape breton and back again
0:10we explored peggy's cove the cabot trail
0:13we went hiking and it was a perfect
0:15vacation
0:16[Music]
0:20starting out with a flight into the
0:22capital city of halifax we ran a car for
0:24the road trip around the province and
0:26spent a day taking in some of the sites
0:31okay so this is our first stop on a long
0:34trip
0:36we're in the halifax citadel
0:38and so this was a huge fortress
0:41basically once upon a time and now it's
0:44an amazing historic site and they've
0:46done
0:47all sorts of stuff to show you kind of
0:48what life was like at the time
0:53[Applause]
0:56[Music]
1:05[Applause]
1:07you can see here
1:08the very bottom now
1:10one disc on the inner calyard and a
1:13penis on the outer means there are five
1:16and then you know a disc and a penis and
1:19another disc on the inner there's six
1:25[Music]
1:28so after we leave halifax we're headed
1:30up to cape breton
1:32so we've got basically
1:3410 days
1:35to explore nova scotia we're heading
1:37halifax to cape bretton and seeing the
1:40site so
1:41stay tuned here we go
1:47in halifax we stayed at halliburton
1:49house inn a beautiful boutique hotel
1:52with remarkable dining ambience and
1:54charm the historic buildings that make
1:56up the inn have so much character and
1:58the rooms are totally unique
2:00stories restaurant also offers
2:02incredible fine dining
2:05[Music]
2:12exploring the streets for a few hours
2:14there are so many restaurants to pick
2:16from in the city we ended up at the
2:17wooden monkey where i tried their local
2:20craft beer that's on tap and some of
2:22their excellent dishes
2:26after we had some dessert we walked back
2:28to our hotel exploring more of the
2:30nightlife in the city including the
2:32iconic argyle street that's packed with
2:34bars and restaurants
2:46leaving halifax the next morning we
2:48start a road trip with a few hours in
2:50peggy's cove a short drive from halifax
2:53the small town has a number of
2:54restaurants gift shops artist boutiques
2:57hiking trails and views like nowhere
3:00else surrounding the iconic peggy's cove
3:02lighthouse
3:07[Music]
3:11peggy's cove recently launched a new
3:13accessible viewing deck near the
3:14lighthouse and you can also still
3:16explore the rocks along the shore for a
3:18bit of a hike
3:19it's a perfect spot to take in the waves
3:21the wind the smell of the ocean and it's
3:24like nowhere else i highly recommend to
3:26stop for a couple of hours to visit the
3:28lighthouse grab a meal or snack at the
3:30southwestern restaurant and take some
3:32time to walk along that beautiful
3:35shoreline
3:44[Music]
3:48we hadn't really planned for it but we
3:49spent a relaxing morning in peggy's cove
3:52driving route 333 along the coast
3:55stopping in places like hackett's cove
3:57for the views thinking back in our way
4:00[Music]
4:07from peggy's cove it's a little over
4:09three hours without any stops to get to
4:11port hawkesbury where we headed to start
4:14our cape run adventure for the next
4:15morning
4:17[Music]
4:25for our first day in cape breton we at
4:27the granora inn and distillery near
4:29inverness for whiskey tasting guided
4:31tour and a chance to walk the grounds in
4:34the south cape highlands area
4:41[Music]
4:43the glenora distillery was north
4:45america's first distiller of single malt
4:47whiskey and tours are available from
4:49between mid-may to late october
4:52[Music]
5:02at the store you can purchase their
5:03spirits including some of their rare
5:05editions and you can also buy a dram of
5:07their whiskies at their bar and
5:09restaurants
5:12[Music]
5:22if you're driving from port hawkesbury
5:23it's nearly an hour to get to the
5:25distillery and that's another 15 minutes
5:27to head to inverness
5:29really loving inverness beach it's right
5:32in the town of inverness and cape breton
5:35and we've been exploring looking for
5:38sea glass and beautiful rocks and
5:40there's so many colors to the rocks here
5:42and everyone i see along the beach is
5:45stopping to pick up rocks and shells and
5:48little things it's it's wonderful and
5:50it's a beautiful spot you could easily
5:52walk here for a few hours
5:54huge beach just stretches
5:56seems like for at least a couple
5:58kilometers it's
6:00wonderful one of those classic kind of
6:02cape breton slash
6:03nova scotia beaches
6:06wow
6:07there's a lot of white in there
6:09okay there's also some shadows
6:14cool
6:15[Music]
6:24after a stop at the beach head to route
6:2619 to try their amazing fish and chips
6:28one of their craft beers
6:31at the store you can also purchase a
6:33beer to go
6:34[Music]
6:46on our way to the deck for the night we
6:47stopped for the amazing views at lake
6:49o'law provincial park along highway 30
6:52east of inverness the little lake is
6:54situated at the bottom of beautiful
6:57rolling hills
6:59it's an iconic cape breton site
7:02[Music]
7:13the deck is on the shores of bredor lake
7:15and it's just an hour away from
7:17inverness beach or port hawkesbury
7:19depending on the route you take
7:21it's a charming town it feels like it's
7:24close to everything in cape breton you
7:26can drive just an hour to get to almost
7:28anywhere
7:29[Music]
7:33we stayed at the imvery resort while we
7:35were in town and we barely scratched the
7:37surface of this welcoming property the
7:39resort has cottages and suites the cozy
7:42lakeside restaurant a pool spa and lots
7:45of activities like kayaking and paddle
7:47boarding in the summer
7:52late september at the resort is a bit
7:53too cool for lake activities but there's
7:56still a lot to do and i'd recommend two
7:58or three days in town to relax enjoy the
8:00deck and the surrounding area
8:03[Music]
8:06a few ideas for activities include
8:08boating hiking golf
8:10and of course the alexander graham bell
8:13national historic site
8:15[Music]
8:20kind of scenic i would say what do you
8:22think is it just a little bit scenic
8:25[Music]
8:31[Music]
8:33the parks canada museum features
8:34information of a bell's life interactive
8:37exhibits and examples of bell's most
8:40interesting inventions as well as items
8:42from his personal collections
8:47the museum includes a large space
8:49dedicated to recreations of his
8:50fixed-wing aircraft and is hydrofoil the
8:53hd4
8:58the museum is open from late may to the
9:00end of october from 9am to 5pm and
9:03situated on 25 acres of park space
9:06that's perfect for an afternoon picnic
9:09you can also book special tours that
9:11give you the chance to explore artifacts
9:13up close and personal
9:24[Music]
9:26the beautiful town of bedeck has a
9:28number of hotels resorts inns and b and
9:31b's as well as great food and in events
9:35there is lots to explore they have a
9:36wonderful waterfront most of the
9:39properties all surround the water around
9:41the lake and on top of that i really
9:44have to recommend that you stop and try
9:46some pizza at tom's pizza on chevokto
9:49street
9:50they have the most incredible little
9:53pizza shop the best staff and it was one
9:56of the highlights of of going through
9:58town i have to say
10:03[Music]
10:12look at that view
10:14look at the waves and the rocks
10:18nature at its finest
10:22stopping the town of shetty camp heading
10:24up the coast along the cabot trail we
10:26really enjoyed the gabrielle restaurant
10:28for some truly perfect french maritime
10:31food
10:32not far away is the petit atang beach
10:35driving north along highway 30 it's a
10:37pristine stretch of rocky beach to take
10:39a walk and breathe in the fresh ocean
10:42air
10:46so we're on a beach near shetty camp
10:50and
10:51it is
10:52so so beautiful it's just rugged nature
10:57right by what i can only call the
10:59mountains along the cabot trail
11:02just look at it it's it's
11:04it's a great spot it's about
11:07maybe 10 minute drive from shed a camp
11:10just along the
11:11ocean and
11:12there's just spots to park along the
11:14side of the road and
11:16it's wonderful
11:18i i highly recommend the drive of course
11:22so yeah this is
11:24this is our beach right now there's only
11:26two i think maybe three other people on
11:28the whole beach we're driving from
11:31the invaria resort in the deck
11:33and so from the deck to shedding camp
11:35was about an hour
11:37and then our next drive from
11:39sheta camp on to the celtic lodge that's
11:43about another hour an hour and 15 or so
11:45depending on traffic and
11:48things like that there's a little
11:50traffic but it is amazing how few cars
11:52are right now we're we're here in the
11:54middle
11:55of the end of september
11:57um and yeah
11:59i could spend a lot longer here uh a
12:01week
12:02we're only here in cape breton for a
12:04week and i kind of wish we had more time
12:07but just
12:09anytime you can get here
12:11cap a trail
12:12i mean there's tons of other places in
12:14cape breton to explore but the cabot
12:16trail is astonishing it is
12:19just like nowhere else in canada
12:21nova scotia has tons of beaches all
12:23around the the whole province but i kind
12:26of love these ones just because they're
12:28so rugged
12:29beautiful
12:30majestic
12:32and then the hills
12:34or mountains i would even say
12:37really make make the whole atmosphere
12:39here
12:40and of course you can buy seafood
12:42everywhere there is
12:44lobster crab
12:46scallops all sorts of stuff fish of
12:48course
12:49pretty much everywhere you stop sells
12:51amazing seafood so
12:53for seafood lovers it's it's kind of a
12:54must
12:56off we go
12:58[Music]
13:32wow nearby you'll also find the oh coin
13:35bakery with lots of treats from cookies
13:36and pies to cinnamon buns
13:40from there it's a short drive to the
13:41western entrance of the cape breton
13:43highlands national park one of the most
13:46incredible drives i have ever taken in
13:48my life
13:49the drive through the park along the
13:50cabot trail is dotted with places to
13:52stop and take in the epic views as well
13:55as hiking trails and a few small towns
13:58it is like nowhere else in canada
14:04the parks canada site is over 949
14:08square kilometers and 2022 rates are
14:10under 20 dollars for family or group of
14:13less than seven people in one vehicle
14:15from the western entrance to the eastern
14:17exit the drive is around an hour and 40
14:19minutes and there are a few places you
14:21can stay the night from may to october
14:28[Music]
14:36for our trip we booked two nights at the
14:38celtic lodge and it's a short drive to
14:40everything on the eastern side of the
14:42cabin trail in the park it's near
14:44inganish
14:47[Music]
14:52the award-winning hotel has an
14:54incredible golf course and it's open
14:56throughout most of the year although it
14:58does close for some parts of winter and
15:00early spring
15:02there are a number of room options
15:03throughout the property including this
15:04junior suite in the main lodge
15:10the hotel's a spa host events and
15:12corporate events as well as two
15:14restaurants the purple thistle dining
15:16room where we had dinner as well as
15:18breakfast and the highland sitting room
15:20which has more of a bar atmosphere
15:24the purple thistle recently earned the
15:26wine spectators award of excellence and
15:28they have a distinct focus on local
15:30ingredients and dishes
15:38inganish in the area around the hotel
15:40have a lot of great beaches there's
15:42hiking trails in the highlands national
15:44park and the shops and quaint towns to
15:46explore nearby
15:47it's a great spot to soak up nature and
15:50enjoy the great outdoors for a few days
15:54what a view
16:04for fantastic meals
16:06morrison's restaurant was one of my
16:09favorite restaurants at cape breton and
16:11it's worth a stop for burgers
16:13hospitality and desserts
16:16they get five stars for me
16:26exploring black brook cove beach was
16:28another must visit spot for us
16:32[Music]
16:34but look at this beach
16:36holy
16:39[Applause]
16:42so we've been exploring beaches the
16:44whole trip kind of
16:45but uh
16:47oh my god there's a waterfall
16:51[Applause]
16:52this is a beautiful beach
16:54rugged obviously not not the kind of
16:56place you're going to be swimming but uh
16:59wonderful place to explore
17:01wow
17:03so yeah we follow this trail along here
17:07and go through the middle of the woods
17:09to come out the beach
17:12but look at these waves
17:18the view
17:20and also we found all sorts of lobster
17:22traps
17:25like i think half the driftwood here
17:28is broken up lobster traps it's
17:30fascinating
17:37[Music]
17:43so today we're supposed to be over at
17:46the skyline trail in
17:49highland national park
17:51and the plan had been that we were going
17:53to take
17:54a hike up the skyline trail and then
17:57at the top that i had permission to fly
17:59my drone and get some footage you know
18:01coming in and out over the trail and
18:03it's one of the most beautiful spots in
18:06cape breton there are lots of beautiful
18:08spots but it is one of the best for sure
18:11and the plans look good and then today
18:15it was rain rain rain rain all day
18:18and of course now it's actually gone
18:20sunny but
18:21the time i talked to the ranger and we
18:24decided it was just too too wet over
18:26there and i mean to be honest the east
18:28side of cape breton can be very
18:30different at the north than the west
18:32side there can be rain there and not
18:34here and that was the forecast for the
18:36day so anyway i'm i'm a little
18:38disappointed because we now have no time
18:40to do it but we're making the best of it
18:42like we we wouldn't have gotten to this
18:45beach today and spent like over an hour
18:48here if it wasn't for the fact that we
18:50we had the time to do it so on the
18:52bright side this side of the island is
18:54nice and we're we're making the best of
18:56it and then we're gonna head back to
18:57celtic lodge and we'll have some time
18:59there
19:02middle head trail was easily one of our
19:04favorite hikes in cape breton
19:06it's around the corner from the celtic
19:08lodge and it's two kilometers in and two
19:10kilometers out
19:12it's a slightly longer walk but most of
19:14the trail is very level and easy with
19:16completely stunning views of the ocean
19:19along a trail that goes right through
19:20the forest
19:32so we're walking the middle head trail
19:34today
19:35it's our last jaunt in the area we're
19:37supposed to take a boat cruise today
19:38didn't happen because of the weather but
19:40it actually is nice weather for hiking i
19:42mean it's nice and cool it's a little
19:44rainy that's okay the middle head is
19:47right beside celtic lodge so it's in
19:49inganish
19:50and uh it's really only about an hour
19:53and a half walk maybe two hours if
19:55you're taking it easy
19:57and it's really easy there's only a
19:59couple spots that are a bit rugged and a
20:00few ups and downs but otherwise
20:03like these are the views here
20:05it's astonishing i
20:08i i highly recommend it it's a quick
20:11drive in at the end
20:12of the northeast side of the park of the
20:16national park here parks canada
20:19and uh
20:20it's an easy drive in
20:22and look at what you get rewarded with
20:24so
20:25we might try one more trail today
20:27uh since we didn't get a lot of time in
20:29for trails yet but
20:30then we're heading down to sydney but
20:32check this out
20:40all the way to the end of the trail
20:43and
20:44the views are well worth the two
20:46kilometer hike
20:48uh i'm really impressed it's uh it's so
20:50it's four kilometers total i lied the
20:52first time it's not two kilometers
20:54around trip but uh wow just have to be
20:57careful around the edges but there's
20:58lots of space
21:00but uh yeah you don't want to go too far
21:02but
21:04wow and i think actually
21:06a sunny day would be beautiful here too
21:08but
21:08the rainy day really brings out
21:11i don't know the real nature of the area
21:13it's beautiful
21:21leaving the cape breton highlands was a
21:23sad day for us but we drove to sydney
21:25which is about a two hour drive through
21:27a number of small towns and villages
21:29along the eastern coast of cape breton
21:33in sydney we especially enjoyed our meal
21:35at the governor's pub and eatery it's a
21:37must visit restaurant pub in the city
21:39with live music and a lot of great beer
21:41on tap
21:43[Music]
21:48while we're in town we stayed on the
21:49member 2 reserve at a local hotel and
21:52stopped at the member 2 heritage park
21:53indigenous center to learn about the
21:55migmaw history of the area important
21:57people like grand chief member 2 and
22:00their traditions
22:06the center also has art and souvenirs
22:08for sale from local and national artists
22:14[Music]
22:24we also took a stroll along the sydney
22:26harbour which is around the corner from
22:28the center of town
22:29and of course we had to stop and see a
22:31real
22:32cape breton icon we're headed out of
22:34sydney today we leave cape breton which
22:37we're quite sad about but on our way out
22:40of sydney we had to stop of course and
22:42see the big fiddle and it is amazing
22:45it's humongous uh and yes it has real
22:48strings the bow is properly strung and
22:51everything uh and it plays music so yeah
22:55you have to come see the big fiddle if
22:56you're anywhere nearby and there's a
22:59beautiful walkway along the waterfront
23:01you can go visit and right nearby over
23:04that way is a pub that you have to try
23:06called governors it's been there for
23:09a long time a very long time we went
23:11last night and the food is amazing but
23:14and oh there's also a shop inside so you
23:16can go shop the big fiddle i i think
23:18they have music related stuff we're
23:19gonna head in and check that out next so
23:22come see the big fiddle you have to see
23:24it
23:26[Music]
23:43today we're at the fortress of louisburg
23:45which is just
23:46right near sydney
23:48sydney and cape breton so basically it's
23:50a 40-minute drive from the city
23:52and the center is astonishing
23:55uh the history here it's it's a really
23:59old site but what they've done is
24:01they've actually rebuilt it so when it
24:03was taken over by the english a long
24:05time ago they completely destroyed the
24:08area
24:09but all the plans and everything were
24:11still around for this
24:13all the buildings here so it was rebuilt
24:17i mean there's no place like it that
24:19i've seen uh
24:21just the amount of history here and the
24:23size of the village that they've rebuilt
24:26seeing just
24:28i mean what went into rebuilding this
24:30place like an entire village it's it's
24:34amazing it's worth every minute you are
24:36going to want to spend hours here it's
24:38it's well worth the visit they've also
24:40got some amazing food
24:42and a bar so
24:44yeah
24:45very cool to check out for an afternoon
24:47welcome to the fortress of louisville
24:49the year is 1744.
24:51uh and i want you to imagine there are
24:54hundreds of fishing proprietors homes
24:56that line the harbor here
24:57we are exporting over 15 million pounds
25:00of salted dried cod every year out of
25:02these waters
25:04um we're feeding france and our french
25:06colonies
25:07so right now in france we're about 19
25:09million people we're predominantly
25:11catholic and our religious calendar
25:12tells us there's about 150 days of the
25:14year we're not allowed to eat meat
25:16this is why the cod fish is important
25:18for france
25:20so when king louis xiv finds out how
25:22much cod is coming out of the water here
25:23he says build a fortress around that
25:25fishing town
25:26and that's exactly what we did
25:28if it wasn't for the cod fish here the
25:31fortress would not have been built here
25:34a lot of the times people don't realize
25:35because we're not taught a lot about
25:37what happened here in louisville um and
25:39it was really the key to the continent
25:41a lot of the times we start our
25:43schooling at the uh plains of abraham
25:46with wolf and moncom and really uh it
25:48was wolf who who ultimately took this
25:50fortress from the french in 1758
25:53and i'm sure that gave him the
25:55confidence to keep going down to quebec
25:57uh and i know talking a lot of uh people
26:00from quebec uh they don't know that
26:02that we're not taught that
26:04in school so when they find this out
26:06there's a big aha moment going okay
26:09now i understand what happened
26:12[Music]
26:16the fortress has a lot of history to
26:18share from the french settlers english
26:20invaders and the indigenous history at
26:23the miegma interpretive center
26:24[Music]
26:32the fortress doesn't feel like it was
26:34rebuilt either it feels like you've
26:36stepped back in time and around the
26:38large site you'll find numerous
26:40interpreters who helped share the
26:42stories of the people who lived and
26:43worked at blueberg all the way from the
26:45leaders down to the soldiers
26:48and those art fully furnished houses and
26:50artifacts recovered from in and around
26:52the area there's also livestock and
26:55activities
26:56[Music]
26:59and when you're done exploring you can
27:00buy a meal sample some beer and pick out
27:03a few gifts to take home
27:06[Music]
27:17around the corner from the fortress you
27:19can also stop at wolf's landing this is
27:21the beach where james wolf landed on
27:23june 8th 1758 before he sieged louisburg
27:27and then went on to attack quebec city
27:31aside from the history it's a beautiful
27:33untouched little beach and it's worth a
27:35stop if you have a little time after
27:38fortress louisburg
27:43and on the other side of town
27:45bloomberg also has the louisburg
27:48lighthouse the original lighthouse is
27:50long gone but it was the first
27:51lighthouse built in canada and the
27:53current lighthouse is at the tip of some
27:56stunning hiking trails along the coast
27:59[Music]
28:11leaving cape breton we took the
28:12transcanada highway back to the mainland
28:15but at antigonish for something
28:16different we got off on highway 7 for a
28:19slightly longer route back to halifax
28:22along the route we saw some of the
28:23eastern shore between sherbrooke and
28:25halifax and stopped at la shiel lake
28:28provincial park
28:32[Music]
28:41so we got off the highway and decided to
28:43take a side route back from
28:46cape breton to halifax and we're taking
28:48the basically the old highway down along
28:51the eastern shore
28:53and we stopped here at la shiel
28:55provincial park
28:57and it is
28:58a wonderful break uh it is beautiful you
29:01can see that the trees are starting to
29:03change here too and still a little ways
29:06from being you know full on color but
29:08it's a wonderful little spot along the
29:10drive uh we got about 200 kilometers
29:13left and i love that they even got like
29:16a bench here on the side of the
29:18lake it's uh
29:20my kind of pace right now
29:23[Music]
29:32in halifax we returned to the hall
29:34burton house inn for our last two nights
29:36in nova scotia and this time we had a
29:39cozy suite with two beds
29:49back at the halifax citadel returned for
29:52their spooky evening ghost tours
29:55and it's a perfect chance to learn about
29:57some bloody history in parts of the city
30:00that you normally don't get to explore
30:03here and they rush over and investigate
30:05because what it is that he saw was a
30:07woman lying face down in the grass
30:10wearing a tattered gray dress
30:13and as they get closer walking with
30:15lanterns interpreters will tell you
30:17stories about strange incidents that
30:19can't quite be explained
30:22but as they get closer and they start to
30:24turn her over they realize that it was
30:26not the fall that killed her
30:28[Music]
30:36for our last full day we started off
30:37with the trip to a historic island off
30:40the shores of halifax
30:43george's island is open from june to
30:45october and you can tour the island on
30:48weekends and some fridays in the peak of
30:50summer with ferry rides via murphy's on
30:53the water
31:20we're on george's island which is just
31:22off
31:23basically off the coast of halifax just
31:25off the edge of it here it's only like a
31:28five-minute ferry ride to get here
31:30and uh you get the real
31:33history of the fortress that was here
31:35that's connected to the citadel uh and
31:38so basically it was like a tag team on
31:41protecting the harbor back in the day a
31:44long time ago very interesting lots of
31:47good history and you can walk through
31:48the tunnels on a tour if you come
31:50the right
31:59okay time
32:00this is what's known as a 10 inch rml
32:05muscle leather this is basically the
32:08main artillery
32:15[Music]
32:22once again to parks canada for
32:25all the lovely hospitality this is the
32:28the third site i think we've been to
32:30i've been to the citadel twice here in
32:32halifax so it's been a fantastic trip to
32:35explore the history of the area
32:42afterwards we strolled downtown halifax
32:45for the rest of the day
32:46the city has some incredible
32:48architecture both new and old
32:50as well as some great shops restaurants
32:52and bars
33:03do
33:10[Music]
33:18we had lunch at the old triangle on
33:20prince street i enjoyed some more local
33:22beer while my wife had a martini and we
33:25tried a few local favorites from the
33:26menu
33:28[Music]
33:35[Music]
33:41[Music]
33:46then we took a walk along one of
33:48canada's best harbor fronts where you
33:50can often find festivals on the weekend
33:53and we took some time to check out the
33:55maritime museum of the atlantic
34:12[Music]
34:26the maritime museum features boats and
34:28history including artifacts and replicas
34:31from the titanic
34:47[Music]
34:57is
35:04there's also a detailed look at the
35:06halifax harbor disaster that devastated
35:09the city in 1917
35:11including a watch that stopped when the
35:14explosion happened at 9 04 am
35:26after that we took our daughter to check
35:28out science and fun activities at the
35:30discovery center where you can explore
35:32sea life learn about ocean currents a
35:35lot more across three floors packed with
35:38things to see
35:39explore and do for toddlers kids and
35:43even parents
36:09back at the halifax harbor walk we
36:11checked out some of the shops and food
36:13we picked up a few souvenirs and we said
36:16goodbye to the city
36:35[Music]
36:53and that's it for our nova scotia
36:55adventure we've uh been all the way up
36:58to the top of of cape breton and
37:00we went down to peggy's cove we've been
37:02halifax
37:04it's been an amazing trip nova scotia
37:06just has
37:07so many incredible places uh you know
37:10you could easily spend two weeks in cape
37:13breton we spent a week and we kind of
37:15did a lot but i don't think we really
37:17quite scratched the surface
37:20and then halifax we barely had enough
37:22time here i mean you could easily spend
37:24you know a week in in halifax and
37:26explore
37:27all around the area um
37:30but yeah i can't get over peggy's cove
37:32it was our first stop outside of halifax
37:35and that really stuck with me it was
37:37just such an amazing spot
37:40uh i didn't know much going in so it was
37:42all a surprise getting there
37:44and just so quaint and
37:46it wasn't the tourist
37:48trap that you kind of worry about at
37:50some destinations it was nothing like
37:52that it was just such a beautiful spot
37:54and just so many little things to do and
37:56places to hike and
37:58wonderful and then
38:00that first hour driving through the
38:01cabot trail once you enter parks canada
38:04past
38:05cheda camp that first part of the loop
38:09i mean it is such such an amazing drive
38:12there's really no no place to drive like
38:14it
38:15and you can stop every couple minutes to
38:17get another view another angle on the
38:19coastline it's just
38:21it's amazing so
38:23i use that word a lot amazing but this
38:25this trip has been full of a lot of
38:27amazing
38:28thank you very much to
38:31discover halifax tours in nova scotia
38:34tourism cape breton
38:36parks canada and
38:38quite a few others uh
38:40it's been just the most wonderful trip
38:43just packing the car up and then
38:45we're off we're just leaving the
38:46halliburton right now so
38:49thanks for watching and uh
38:52i hope it's inspired you for a trip to
38:54nova scotia in cape breton
39:01[Music]
39:20you

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