On the Waterfront...
Monday, July 03, 2006
We decided to spend most of the glorious day pretending that we were tourists in our own town, and wandered along the boardwalk, which was mostly full of cruise ship tourists from New York and Massachusetts. Of course, one of the main attractions is the variety of boats.
How much money would you need to be paid to wear this on your head and entice hot and cranky tourists to go sailing?
Take your pick. Sailboat: $50 per person.
Ferry: $1.75
Warship: Free
Theodore Tugboat: $35 per person...
Nova Scotians are straightforward people. No sense beating around the bush. Get to the point, is what I say.
LOOK! Lots of kitsch Canadian souvenirs. We didn't buy any. Not many Canadians buy this stuff. If we were in another country, the same shelf with kitsch goods from Australia or Austria, Greece or Italy; now that would fascinate us. We could easily spend money on such things then. My son still tried to persuade me that he needed a Canada snow globe. It didn't work.
We ended our visit watching this lovely dance group. They are representing Canada in a dance competition in Italy in October, and were trying to raise money. Mr. C took the babe in his stroller for a walk while my son and I watched, amazed. They were really really good. When they went around to take donations, I realised that Mr. C had my purse in the bottom of the stroller. So now, I have to go to their web site and see how I can make a donation. Perhaps you would like to as well!? (There is no affiliation or relation to me...I just heard of them for the first time today, on the boardwalk).
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9:21 PM
Wonderful!
I see your point , I see those maple leaves and it makes me want to know what I could have gotten.