The inevitable has happened: it’s time for me to write about our last stop in Nova Scotia. And this makes me sad, because–have I mentioned?–I LOVE Nova Scotia. But all good things must come to an end, or so I’ve heard. Pictou was on our itinerary mostly because it’s close to the ferry to Prince Edward […]
National Maritime Museum: Exploring London with Kids
Travel date: June 6, 2019 The sad truth is, I’ll always remember the National Maritime Museum as the place where we were totally exhausted and overwhelmed, trying to figure out what had happened to the credit card Dave had just realized he’d lost somewhere on the trip over and how to get a replacement. The […]
Visiting the Lincoln Home National Historic Site in Springfield, Illinois with Kids
We spent our spring break this year traveling to that iconic early April destination of….Minnesota. After spending one year in Charleston and the next in coastal Georgia, we were just tired of all that lovely beach weather and ready to break out our coats and see some snow for spring break! Or maybe it’s more […]
Miners Museum and Glace Bay: Exploring Nova Scotia with Kids
Travel date: July 10, 2018 Approximately three minutes in to our coal mine tour at the Miners’ Museum in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, I started to feel a bit panicky. I knew that the ceiling in the mine started out low and only got lower, so that even short adult people like me would have […]
The Fortress of Louisbourg: Exploring Nova Scotia with Kids
Looking for a tourist attraction where your kid can learn how to gut a cod? Look no further than the Fortress of Louisbourg! The Fortress of Louisbourg is a National Historic Site with a re-creation of an 18th century French settlement. After our somewhat underwhelming experience with a Canadian living history site at Port Royal, […]
Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site: Exploring Nova Scotia with Kids
Travel date: July 6, 2018 Before this trip, Alexander Graham Bell, the Scottish-born inventor who later became a US citizen, might not have been the first person to spring to mind when I thought about Nova Scotia, Canada. But the Bell family built a summer estate on Cape Breton Island in 1885 and, by the […]
A Chilly Bike Ride to Lunenburg: Exploring Nova Scotia with Kids
Travel date: July 2, 2018 On the day we planned a bike ride from Mahone Bay to Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, the weather app on my phone warned me of a heat advisory. So we left our jackets in the van and set off on our bike ride….only to spend the afternoon FREEZING in the drizzly, […]
Halifax has a Lot of Museums: Exploring Nova Scotia with Kids
Travel dates: June 29-July 4, 2018 In retrospect, it’s possible that we stuffed too many museums into our couple of days in Halifax….but I’m sort of of the belief that there’s no such thing as too many museums. But there might be such thing as not enough Public Gardens, though…which is probably the thing I was […]
Rolling Down Hills and Drinking Beer in Annapolis Royal: Exploring Nova Scotia with Kids
Travel dates June 26-29, 2018 Remember a few posts ago when I was telling you guys how completely charmed we were by Parrsboro, Nova Scotia? Yes, well, it’s possible I’m going to be saying the same kind of thing about a number of towns in Nova Scotia before I’m finished. We adored Annapolis Royal: I […]
Ross Farm: Exploring Nova Scotia with Kids
We almost didn’t go to Ross Farm. It was raining and chilly, and we’d already visited Grand-pré that morning, so seriously considered calling it a day and just hanging out in the trailer. But I’d had my eye on Ross Farm since early in our Nova Scotia planning process–after all, Ingalls Homestead, another living history […]