Here are a few thoughts from the last couple of days on traveling in Nova Scotia (no offense intended to my Canadian readers):
1. Kilometers go by much faster than miles.
2. No one seems to speed, and it seems that most people think it's impolite to pass.
3. Tourist sites are not well marked, and one gets the impression that you would rather we just go away.
4. Gas is really expensive when you have to buy it by the liter. If the US switched to metric, gas use would go way down and we could just tell the Middle East to take care of its own damn problems.
5. Pentacostals seem to be embarrassed that they even have to build a church -- and there must be about 5-10 members for each small church based on how small the buildings are.
6. The weather reminds me of Seattle -- a lot -- and that makes me very happy.
7. Did I mention that kilometers go by really fast?
8. People in Cape Breton still speak Gaelic. Do Scots even still speak Gaelic?
9. Freeways don't seem to have rest areas -- that sucks for coffee drinkers. And don't even get me started on the confusing road signs.
10. And finally, now that the Canadian dollar is worth almost as much as the US dollar, "US money not acceptable here" is a common site.
More pictures to come -- hopefully tomorrow at some point.
tag: Nova Scotia, Canada, Vacation, travel, Cape Breton Island, Gaelic, gas prices
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