Thursday, July 9 - Antigonish, NS

We are staying at the Antigonish Victorian Inn.  Cynthia, our host, served waffles with locally grown strawberries for breakfast.Their strawberries are much better than ours.  Small and sweet.


Then we went for a hike on the Antigonish Landing Trail.  I made G leave his jacket at home.  (See Slovenian blog)

Today is the first day of the Highland Games in Antigonish.  It started with a street fair:  music, ice cream, lobster dinner, strawberry shortcake, kilts and lots of plaid stuff.

Then we drove to Cape George and Ballantynes Cove where they catch blue fin tuna that weigh 1,000 pounds.  The Japanese come here and buy them for their sushi.  Then on to a cute little fishing village, Arisaig, where we saw lots of lobster traps and a light house with maple nut ice cream inside.

In the evening we went to a Ceilidh where we heard a couple bagpipers, a fiddler, a fantastic baritone who sang in Gaelic (he could have given Bing Crosby a run for his money!) and a young boy singer with a haunting breathy voice.  The Ceilidh was held outside at the Heritage Museum.

A great day.