Dear Naemanson,

Places I love in Nova Scotia are, in clockwise order, Halifax itself, Peggy's Cove, Chester, Mahone Bay, Lunenburg, Blue Rocks, Briar Island, Digby (for the best clams in the world!), Bear River, Annapolis Royal, Wolfville, Cape Blomidon, Maitland area (for upriver rafting on the tidal swell), Pictou (take the ferry to PEI for a couple of days, favourite place there Victoria, or alternatively via the PEI bridge from the tip of New Brunswick), Antigonish (the most "Scottish" town in found in NS), then over the causeway to Cape Breton, Judique, Mabou (a must for music - say hello to Ike and Bernadette for me if you stay at their farm!), Cheticamp (Acadian French-speaking village) and then the whole of the Cabot trail (breathtaking!), Glace Bay, Ingonish, Louisbourg, Baddeck, Sherbrooke (now a reconstructed living museum) and back to Halifax via Dartmouth.

Best places I found for whale watching were at Briar Island and Cheticamp: minke, humpback and right whales each time!

Yours in envy,

mooman