While Quebec City is the Capitol of the Province, Montreal is really the place to visit, and a lot of Movie Stars come here, and let their hair down. They don't have to worry about people hounding them, we are just glad that they choose our city to enjoy their quite times. We have a huge China Town where some of the best Chinese food can be bought at really decent prices. For visitors to Montreal there are two big down falls. One is that everything is in French only, and the other is parking, which is for the pits, especially downtown parking. In old Montreal there are cobble stone streets and so many places to eat at decent prices, it's hard to avoid that part of our city. We have beautiful summers, but unless you like lots of snow, and extreme cold, don't visit in the winter months.
Moving on from Quebec, we go into what's called the first Maritime Province, New Brunswick. I hate driving through New Brunswick as it's long and boring and there are more cops with radar-guns, than one could possibly hope to escape from. They do have beautiful highways though. New Brunswick is also the home of Irving Oil probably one of the biggest Oil refinery's in the world.
Leaving New Brunswick we cross a small border or causeway and enter Nova Scotia, which is famous for Lobster suppers, and the Bluenose, which was built in Lunenburg. The Bluenose still sails the Atlantic Ocean, but she's full of wood rot and we don't know how many years she has left before she is parked for good. The Bluenose decorates every ten-cent piece that is distributed in Canada, we are that proud of her accomplishments; not only as a large beautiful sailboat, but also of the accomplishments that the Bluenose had when this great ship was racing.
Nova Scotia is also known for the having the world's only harbor in Halifax that doesn't freeze over in the winter months. Halifax is the Capitol City of Nova Scotia and there are lots of things to see if you visit Halifax. Historic Artifacts that might be of interest to anyone, interested in History. More so, the food is just about as good as it comes, and many types of fish dinners are served to the many tourists who visit Halifax. The Cabot Trail about 350 miles from Halifax has the most beautiful scenery that I've ever seen. High mountains, and even deeper valleys, decorate the drive though the Cabot Trail. The higher you go up the mountain, the more breath-taking it becomes. There are two ways of going through the Cabot Trail. You can go clockwise or counter clock wise, either way is a dream come true, but do have good brakes on your car should you visit the Cabot Trail as the roads are extremely steep. You can see the Cabot Trail on the Internet, if you care to know more about it. What I've heard a lot of tourists say about Nova Scotia, is that they can't get over the fact that the people of Nova Scotia are so warm and tender to strangers.
Next we go to Prince Edward Island, famous for Potato growing. Not only does Prince Edward Island have potatoes, but they also have beautiful beaches. The biggest problem is that the water surrounding Prince Edward Island is so cold, if you manage to swim in it, truly you will feel refreshed. The Island as it's called by people who live in the Maritimes, has plush Golf greens for the Golfers who visit and more so, there's Horse Racing and sometimes Car racing. Prince Edward Island is only 27 miles long, but there's so much to do on the Island during the summer months, you'd think you were on the mainland if you ever went to visit. It's hard to believe that Prince Edward Island is just an Island.
Last but not least there is Newfoundland. While the language spoken there is English, it's English slang only spoken as such, on the Island of Newfoundland. Newfoundland was the last Province to join with Confederation in 1949 and become a part of Canada.
There was a time when Newfoundland was known for their fishing, but thanks to many Fishing Ships from around the world, the fishing off the coast of Newfoundland is now pretty bleak. The Grand Banks that surround Newfoundland used to be the home to many species of fish, but sadly it's now just a reef deep under the water. No one is allowed to fish on the Grand Banks anymore. This is the only way that the fish who live there will be able to grow into bigger fish, and adult fish hoping to re-populate and hopefully one day, in someone else's generation, there will be fishing once again, on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland.
