Slow Travel and Food and Travel Blog for Trips to Savor
There aren't many islands like Minister's Island in the world. We're at the end of a gravel road not far from St. Andrews-by-the-Sea in New Brunswick, which has brought us through a forest to the shores of the Bay of Fundy. It is late afternoon and our car is parked on a small gravel area from which we can cross [...]
Pictou played an important role in changing the history of the Atlantic provinces in Canada. This is where the first immigrants from Scotland came ashore at the end of the 18th century.
She towers proudly in the port of Pictou: the "Hector". When there is no wind, it is reflected in the water of the port of Pictou and gives us a picture from another time - more precisely the year 1773, when Scottish immigrants reached the coast of Nova Scotia.
Suddenly the beach road is no longer called Shore Road, but Belle Cote Beach Road. I find the Scottish-Acadian street names Chemin Old Grand Etang Road or Chemin McCarry Road in Saint Joseph du Moine even more beautiful. We have arrived in the Acadians region on the Cabot Trail in Cape Breton.
Sainte-Marie among the Hurons In Midland there is a museum village, in which the life of the Iroquois Indians and Jesuits at the beginning of the colonization of Ontario is clearly shown. It has long been on the wish list of our travel destinations. Firstly because we are very interested in Indian culture and Canada's colonial history. On the other hand, because the [...]
In the Upper Canada Village you will immerse yourself in the history of Ontario. But that was not always so. In the middle of the 19th century, Ontario was still a rural province, where most of the people lived from farming and processing agricultural products.
Canada's single malt whiskey is distilled at the Glenora Distillery & Inn on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia. In addition to being a whiskey distillery, Glenora also has a hotel and restaurant with some of the best cuisine on the island.
Yukon Adventure It's something special, such a Yukon adventure! Traveling through the north of Canada is extraordinary and is likely to be different from most of the trips you have been on to date. The Yukon Territory is so sparsely populated that the region didn't even make it to the Canadian province. The territory has far too little for that [...]
What should gourmets in Canada want? There's only steak, salmon and corn there! Differences to the USA - there aren't any! Many think so. But far from it! Typical Canada specialties are regional. They are also versatile.
If you visit different churches while walking through Quebec City, you will quickly notice how many different Christian faiths there are in the city.
