You guys live in some lovely places !
Aug 30th 2012, 12:31 am
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Aug 31st 2012, 7:13 pm
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Re: You guys live in some lovely places !
Well, certainly one can't live within driving distance to all 3 million lakes, but most of the Canadian population is indeed located within a short driving distance of many, many lakes.
Aug 31st 2012, 8:01 pm
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Re: You guys live in some lovely places !
Is the countryside in Canada really much different to the countryside in the UK?
Cities are cities. While some may have spectacular backdrops, living among comparable numbers of millions in most places in the developed world is lively to be very similar.
How would, for example, living on the coast of Scotland differ massively from living on the costs in Nova Scotia? I have been to one, I haven't been to the other.
Cities are cities. While some may have spectacular backdrops, living among comparable numbers of millions in most places in the developed world is lively to be very similar.
How would, for example, living on the coast of Scotland differ massively from living on the costs in Nova Scotia? I have been to one, I haven't been to the other.
Aug 31st 2012, 9:37 pm
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Re: You guys live in some lovely places !
One of the reasons I love Nova Scotia is it's similarity to bits of Scotland.. feels quite like home 
However, and I do have to point out that I say this having not visited Cape Breton and the Cabot Trail... very little beats the Highlands of Scotland. I don't think Cape Breton is going to manage it, from the pictures I've seen online. It might be close, but the Highlands are just amazing. I did the drive from the Cairngorms through Tomintoul to Stirling last year, and I've never seen anything like it. Unbelieveable.
I must remember to come back and post in couple of years once we've seen Cape Breton
However, and I do have to point out that I say this having not visited Cape Breton and the Cabot Trail... very little beats the Highlands of Scotland. I don't think Cape Breton is going to manage it, from the pictures I've seen online. It might be close, but the Highlands are just amazing. I did the drive from the Cairngorms through Tomintoul to Stirling last year, and I've never seen anything like it. Unbelieveable.
I must remember to come back and post in couple of years once we've seen Cape Breton
Aug 31st 2012, 9:58 pm
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Re: You guys live in some lovely places !
One of the reasons I love Nova Scotia is it's similarity to bits of Scotland.. feels quite like home
However, and I do have to point out that I say this having not visited Cape Breton and the Cabot Trail... very little beats the Highlands of Scotland. I don't think Cape Breton is going to manage it, from the pictures I've seen online. It might be close, but the Highlands are just amazing. I did the drive from the Cairngorms through Tomintoul to Stirling last year, and I've never seen anything like it. Unbelieveable.
I must remember to come back and post in couple of years once we've seen Cape Breton
However, and I do have to point out that I say this having not visited Cape Breton and the Cabot Trail... very little beats the Highlands of Scotland. I don't think Cape Breton is going to manage it, from the pictures I've seen online. It might be close, but the Highlands are just amazing. I did the drive from the Cairngorms through Tomintoul to Stirling last year, and I've never seen anything like it. Unbelieveable.
I must remember to come back and post in couple of years once we've seen Cape Breton
Sep 1st 2012, 12:24 am
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Re: You guys live in some lovely places !
One of the reasons I love Nova Scotia is it's similarity to bits of Scotland.. feels quite like home
However, and I do have to point out that I say this having not visited Cape Breton and the Cabot Trail... very little beats the Highlands of Scotland. I don't think Cape Breton is going to manage it, from the pictures I've seen online. It might be close, but the Highlands are just amazing. I did the drive from the Cairngorms through Tomintoul to Stirling last year, and I've never seen anything like it. Unbelieveable.
I must remember to come back and post in couple of years once we've seen Cape Breton
However, and I do have to point out that I say this having not visited Cape Breton and the Cabot Trail... very little beats the Highlands of Scotland. I don't think Cape Breton is going to manage it, from the pictures I've seen online. It might be close, but the Highlands are just amazing. I did the drive from the Cairngorms through Tomintoul to Stirling last year, and I've never seen anything like it. Unbelieveable.
I must remember to come back and post in couple of years once we've seen Cape Breton
Sep 1st 2012, 12:31 am
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Re: You guys live in some lovely places !
There was a glass sided tower within view (perhaps 12 stories high) and they asked me if I knew what that was.
I didn't, but I guessed a bank or someone's local head office.
Ooh, said they. We don' have notting bigger th'n two windows in Cape Breton.
Sounds like a nice place.
Sep 1st 2012, 1:36 am
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Re: You guys live in some lovely places !
I've never been to Cape Breton but one time I was in Halifax is was having a smoke outside the hotel I was staying in, I had a conversation with two young men who lived there.
There was a glass sided tower within view (perhaps 12 stories high) and they asked me if I knew what that was.
I didn't, but I guessed a bank or someone's local head office.
Ooh, said they. We don' have notting bigger th'n two windows in Cape Breton.
Sounds like a nice place.
There was a glass sided tower within view (perhaps 12 stories high) and they asked me if I knew what that was.
I didn't, but I guessed a bank or someone's local head office.
Ooh, said they. We don' have notting bigger th'n two windows in Cape Breton.
Sounds like a nice place.
Sep 1st 2012, 2:13 am
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Sep 1st 2012, 4:30 am
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Re: You guys live in some lovely places !
One of the reasons I love Nova Scotia is it's similarity to bits of Scotland.. feels quite like home
However, and I do have to point out that I say this having not visited Cape Breton and the Cabot Trail... very little beats the Highlands of Scotland. I don't think Cape Breton is going to manage it, from the pictures I've seen online. It might be close, but the Highlands are just amazing. I did the drive from the Cairngorms through Tomintoul to Stirling last year, and I've never seen anything like it. Unbelieveable.
I must remember to come back and post in couple of years once we've seen Cape Breton
However, and I do have to point out that I say this having not visited Cape Breton and the Cabot Trail... very little beats the Highlands of Scotland. I don't think Cape Breton is going to manage it, from the pictures I've seen online. It might be close, but the Highlands are just amazing. I did the drive from the Cairngorms through Tomintoul to Stirling last year, and I've never seen anything like it. Unbelieveable.
I must remember to come back and post in couple of years once we've seen Cape Breton
Sep 1st 2012, 5:23 am
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Re: You guys live in some lovely places !
OK so since we don't have jobs to go to yet and are still researching, when any of you regulars mention a place in Canada, I admit I have a good old Google nosey at the town website, images, etc.
Can I just say you lot live in some *gorgeous* places ! Lucky people - hope to join you in the not-too-distant future !
Can I just say you lot live in some *gorgeous* places ! Lucky people - hope to join you in the not-too-distant future !
Slightly off topic but we have just moved to Vancouver island from Newburgh which is 2 mins away from you lol.... X
