We flew from London Heathrow to Halifax on AirCanada......nice flight and didn't seem very long at all. The first thing that struck me at Halifax Airport was how quiet it was.....and how friendly people were. The man with a kilt on who welcomed us to Canada and handed us a luggage trolley was a sign of things to come.
We were the only people in the Car Hire hall and when we were completing the paperwork for our car Rachel said she didn't like the colour of the car that Hertz were trying to give us... so we got a great upgrade to a nice SUV GMC Envoy.
We drove north on Highway 102 towards Truro and it was hot (28C) but we saw hardly any cars. We stayed next to a gigantic indian at the Super 8 Motel
After a decent sleep we ventured into Truro ready for our meeting with Margot at Corda. As soon as we got out of the car we were spotted as 'out of towners' by a local guy who came over and shook our hands, told us where the best coffee could be found and if we needed any help to pop into his shop. What a fantastic start !!! Is everybody this friendly we asked ourselves? It turned out that they were.
We met Margot at the Olde Coffee shop on Inglis St and had a great chat about our intentions and future application.
We drove out of Truro later towards Tatamagouche and experienced very rural Canada....we were looking for a beach on the north coast but took a wrong turning and missed it !
We drove past Ski Wentworth which looked like it might be fun with some snow down.
Our next meeting was with Bruce Berry who is a local Real Estate Agent who agreed to take us around the areas he thought we might like.
We went round some very nice houses in Truro and had a drive out to Economy and Masstown.
Meanwhile the Shepherds were flying across to Halifax and spending a few nights in Halifax before meeting us later in the week at the rental house near Antigonish..................................
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