Atlantic provinces

Have a good meal in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

Eat well in Charlottetown The dining scene in Charlottetown on Prince Edward Island is diverse. It offers chip stalls and tea rooms. There are restaurants that specialize in seafood. You can find pizzerias and Italian restaurants. We discovered Irish pubs. We also found restaurants with Japanese, Indian, Korean, Vietnamese and German cuisine. Eating well in Charlottetown is [...]

Canada's single malt whiskey from Glenora

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.

Kingsbrae Gardens in New Brunswick

Well worth the trip: Kingsbrae Gardens in New Brunswick In 2011 the Garden Tourism Conference selected Kingsbrae Gardens in St. Andrews-by-the-Sea among the top five gardens in North America worth visiting. And just a year earlier, Steve Jermanok, travel blogger for the renowned US newspaper Boston Globe, even counted the park among the best of the [...]

The first settlers in Prince Edward Island

Roma at Three Rivers isn't very big and never has been. It is a place on the east coast of Prince Edward Island on a peninsula in the Montague River. The first settlers in Prince Edward Island settled there in the 18th century under the direction of the French trader Jean Pierre Roma.

Lobster stew - Canadian recipes

When traveling through Canada's Atlantic provinces, you come across it again and again on the menus of many restaurants: the lobster stew, which is usually served with fresh vegetables and fried potatoes, as here at the Tidal Watch Inn in St. Martin, New Brunswick. This stew is perhaps one of the best ways to cook lobster: it's a [...]

Pictou Nova Scotia - Dinner with a view

Eating with a view What actually defines a gourmet hotel? The question is not that easy to answer, especially when I think of the Pictou Lodge Beachfront Resort in Nova Scotia. It lacks the cosiness that I normally look for in a luxury hotel. Nor does it have any charm that could induce me to offer you this hotel [...]

The dune of Bouctouche - A tip for beachcombers

The Bouctouche Dune is a nearly ten kilometer long sandbar off Bouctouche Bay in New Brunswick. Wind and waves have created them over centuries. Exactly the conditions that we encounter during our visit. Maybe that's why we can appreciate the beauty of this landscape so much?

The best photos of Indian Summer in the US and Canada

The Best Photos from Indian Summer Autumn has arrived in New England and Eastern Canada. For us this is definitely the best time to travel to these regions. Then nature rears up again. For the last time in the year it shows a color spectacle. The extensive deciduous forests are colorful. First[…]