-The Fall colors come out earlier in Montreal than in Nova-Scotia, which is still quite green.<\/p>\n
-Fried scallops and shrimps bought from a little roadside restaurant are quite a treat, especially when you sit in front of the Bras d’Or lake on a gorgeous sunny day.<\/p>\n
-It is worth it to pay more than 65$ for a motel room in Truro, otherwise the place is probably going to suck.<\/p>\n
-The town called « Manadoo » is actually really called Main-\u00c3\u00af\u00c2\u00bf\u00c2\u00bd-Dieu.<\/p>\n
-There are more intricate stories in the Blork extended family than in a Victor Levy-Beaulieu soap opera.<\/p>\n
-Everybody here calls Ed « Eddie ».<\/p>\n
-Blork doesn’t really talk fast and doesn’t mumble compared to most Cape Bretoners.<\/p>\n
-When Cape Bretoners have money, they keep their houses very modest and buy fancy cars instead.<\/p>\n
-Eddie is a lucky boy: he put 50 cents in a slot machine at the Sydney Casino (where members of his family hang out quite frequently) and won $375. And that was before we ate breakfast (yes, at the casino) this morning.<\/p>\n
-People around here are very, very nice and friendly and they have a positive outlook on life considering that their economy is not doing so well.<\/p>\n
-Tomorrow: we leave the family behind and start touring the Cabot trail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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