Not only did we arrive in Halifax without incident, (except that I tragically left my book I was reading on the plane with my favorite bookmark) we hired a car and brought it all the way to Cape Breton. Along the way we took in some lovely scenery, though it did get mistier and foggier as we drove north. We stopped at a town called Antigonish along the way, primarily because I liked the sound of its name when I said it out loud, which I did frequently enough that Shawn (who was driving) was compelled to stop. It was a cute little university town that had an interesting looking used bookstore, which was of course closed for Canada Day.
I love how everything is also in French.
Further down the road we passed through St. Peter’s (a small town, not the actual saint) which was also quaint, although it seemed to distinguish itself by painting all of its fire hydrants to look like cartoon characters. There was Tweety Bird and Marvin the Martian, Goofy and others. On the outskirts of town they became more contemporary; Homer Simpson and South Park characters. But we almost swerved off the road from laughing at the very last hydrant on the way out of town…it was none other than South Park’s infamous Mr. Hanky.
Now we are cuddled up in an adorable bed and breakfast that is well-cared for by an adorable innkeeper who has been staying up late and making breakfast early for patrons “all by herself” for 18 years.
We are so glad to be here, and to have new reservations to replace the old, and to catch up on our sleep and to wake up to coffee and quiche and waffles and crumpets. Hopefully we will also wake up to clear(er) skies, although it is so refreshingly cool here, even with the humidity, that it doesn’t really matter to us, it is all beautiful.
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