Monday, July 13, 2009 – Day 39

Due to our last experience having to scramble for some $30 bunks, we changed our night trip on the ferry back to Nova Scotia to a day crossing with Marine Atlantic. While this did provide for a scenic day trip, it did cut into the precious sightseeing time that was very limited.

When traveling on a tight time line the night crossings are best but one must plan ahead to reserve a cabin or bunk to sleep for the night on the ship as all access to vehicles is cut off after the ship departs.
On the ship there was live entertainment in the bar, plenty of food options (although the cafeteria periodically...

Thursday, July 9, 2009 – Day 35


I slept great in my lower bunk on the ferry to Newfoundland. I don't know if it was because I was soooo tired or if it was because the ferry rocked me to sleep but I had a nice deep sleep.

We had plenty of time to sleep in as we were not scheduled to arrive in Newfoundland until 1pm. We took our time in the morning and I was happy to see that I was able to use the internet on my laptop to catch up on posting blogs and photos to our online adventure. Although the internet connection is touch and go (disconnects frequently) I had plenty of time so my hour of work took about 3 hours to complete....

Wednesday, July 8, 2009 – Day 34

We had to get up early for the 1.5 hour drive from Port Hawkesbury to Sydney, Nova Scotia. We had an appointment to meet with CBC radio (English) and CBC Television (French) for interviews. It was a very scenic drive to Sydney and we managed to get lots of great photos on the drive. It was a beautiful sunny day (the first in some time we were told) and so we enjoyed every moment of it.

On CBC Radio and TV
We first headed to CBC's office in Sydney where we were invited in.

The plan was to have a few of us in the interview room while the others listened. When the person doing our...