Our last breakfast was definitely an experience to remember. Nelly and Maarten, hosts of our Bed and Breakfast in Truro, have only lived in Canada for 10 months. They left careers of teaching and engineering to “do something completely different” in a new country. Nelly served a breakfast of baked grapefruit with custard, some kind of baked egg dish, and ham. The guests around the table other than us were Eric, a 7th grade teacher from Holland, a Scottish minister and his wife from the Annapolis Valley, and Nellie and Jean, two adventurous older ladies from 'Baaa..ston'. Conversation was interesting and unhurried, and it was a good thing we didn’t have to leave for the airport until 10:15 – of course that would be 7:15 Regina time.
Note the picture of the lobsters we picked up to bring home. They were plentiful at the Halifax airport. Now if you believed that…. (I mean the part about bringing them home.)
I’m writing this on the plane during our final leg of the flight from Edmonton to Regina. I’m not sure that’s the most time efficient route, but that’s how it worked out. When we get to Regina it will be almost 12 hours since we left Truro and that’s a long time to survive on cookies and pretzels. We did stop briefly in Toronto as well as Edmonton, but not really long enough to have anything to eat before the boarding call process began again.
I’ve started my top ten list for tomorrow’s final blog, but it was more difficult than I thought and I will finalize tomorrow after a night’s rest.
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Home again… welcomed by a wall of heat and humidity, it seems. (And by Glenn and Katie as well) Lawns and flowers have been inspected and all is well. It does feel rather nice to be back at home, even though I know many tasks, such as picking beans and doing laundry, await for tomorrow. And yes, I WILL do that final blog as well.
3 comments:
I just finished watching Souvenir of Canada, an NFB film by Douglas Coupland (yes he is Candadian). As I relook at your trip and read your final eastern entry, I am struck by how you seem to have captured the essence of eastern Canada (as I understand it). You have talked about the unique history, the land, the pride of the people and given us all souvenirs of (eastern) Canada to live through and by. I'm sure the easterners would be pleased and pround of your entries! A true compliment if ever I have given one.
By the way, for all of you who have read my comments as faithfully as you have read Wendy's entries (Paula at least), I highly recommend checking out this film from your local Blockbuster of Rogers etc.
Looking forward to those after photos of your flowers!
Jay
Welcome home Wendy and Rob
I have thoroughly enjoyed your
entries and the banter from the peanut gallery here.
You're great sports!
Fantastic pictures- interesting reading !
Talk to you soon
Trish
I am sorry I haven't been a faithful read-and-commenter, but I certainly have enjoyed your beautiful photos. Looking forward to getting together and seeing them in person!!
Oh -- and I do think it's *hilarious* that you ran into people you knew down East. It's like I always say: you're the woman who knows everyone.
Are you glad you came home during the hottest week in history? I'm done work on Friday so let's get together after that. Until then, back to marking....
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