Originally Posted by Howefamily (Post 12249549)

Yes! Brier Island off Digby has the best whale watching trips. There are two tour guides there, Mariner Whale and Seabird Tours and Brier Island tours. The place is almost teeming with Humpbacks :-)

Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 12249558)

I was a bit disappointed in Spryfield. I went there yonks ago when my daughter was about to start school in Halifax. We were interested to get an impression of the town, good bits and bad, and that was supposed to be bad. It didn't have any of the visual cues that put me on edge; no bars on the ground floor windows, no groups of men hanging around the corners with paper bags in their hands, no burned out vehicles, no sounds of shots. At that time that daughter played iced hockey in a worse neighbourhood.

Misery tourism needs somewhere like the 9th ward, Mexicantown or abandoned Buffalo, somewhere that makes your hair stand on end; I haven't seen any such place in eastern Canada.

Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 12249561)

I took that picture off Brier Island, can't remember which tour boat. On the same trip we did that other clichéd holiday thing, rented some horses and rode on a beach. Downhill Beach is still the best but that was fun, cheap and easily arranged.

Originally Posted by raindropsandroses (Post 12249564)

Ahh I see thanks. Just wondering as looks like NS will be our new province shortly and I seem to have quite the knack of picking not so charming places to live. I think I'll start another thread later as I don't want to end up in another white privilege, pro life stronghold.

Originally Posted by Howefamily (Post 12249568)

Its a great photo

Originally Posted by raindropsandroses (Post 12249574)

No I mean abusive mail left on the doorstep, being treated like a social pariah, being called a murderer. Telling Phillipina ladies that their kids cant play at the public park as it isn't for their kind. That sort of stuff.

Originally Posted by raindropsandroses (Post 12249574)

No I mean abusive mail left on the doorstep, being treated like a social pariah, being called a murderer. Telling Phillipina ladies that their kids cant play at the public park as it isn't for their kind. That sort of stuff.

Originally Posted by raindropsandroses (Post 12249589)

Yeah it was pretty horrendous, but good that nowhere here is like that! Stepford I can handle :)

Originally Posted by Howefamily (Post 12249598)

There are some places like that here - Bedford and the South end of Halifax is very BMW, ladies that lunch, kids in all the sports, tailored jeans types....

Originally Posted by raindropsandroses (Post 12249667)

Hmmm, I'd just started being able to dress like I'm in a country music video without feeling like a caricature, might have to roll out the white capri pants again :D