July 09, 2008

Hello Nova Scotia-
Wayside RV Park- Glen Margaret 7/7- ??

We arrived in Nova Scotia on Monday- perfect weather a little cooler. We stopped at the visitors center and loaded up with maps and tour books. We are staying in Glen Margaret on St Margaret's Bay. Somewhere around here I think the Swiss Air crashed. I will have to find out. The we have a great view of the bay out our window. I will get pictures later. About 4 miles from us is Peggys Cove.





Halifax International Tattoo 2008- "In the 1800s Military music was king." Each evening at dusk, tattoo was sounded telling troops to return from the town and tavern to barracks for the night. Today Tattoo transformed itself into a show of military music, drill and demonstrations. The performers come from the Caribbean, Holland, Scotland, and Germany. The music is fantastic with drums, bagpipes, bugles, pipes, marching bands and dancers. In the beginning it was called doe den tap toe then it became "taptoe" then the english shortened it to tattoo!!




Maritime Museum of the Atlantic had an interesting display on the Titanic. The deck chair in this picture is the only original chair left.



Alexander Keith's Brewery is like no other brewery tour we have ever taken. The entire 60 minute tour is done with the guide in the period costume of the 19th century. In the tasting room we were treated to plenty of tastes as well as a performance of music and dance and some tavern games.
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