Travelog for: Dutchy the Lion

Hello again,

After seeing the Tidal Bore, we went to the Hopewell Rocks. You should see the Tidal Change there, too.  Today we will see it at high tide. Tomorrow we will come back for the low tide.

Hm, what is great here? A lot of water – they must show better things tomorrow to wow an experienced traveler like me.



This looked a little better.



It was very windy at this point.



This was the famous point – Flower Pot Rocks.



Well, let’s see it tomorrow.
Yours
Dutchy

Hello Mum,

We are here again – today it is low tide. I went to the first point – yesterday there was only water.

Amazing – today we have less water - and a big moat in the ground.



Here you see the difference to yesterday.



Surely I wanted to see it at the other places.

Yesterday I didn’t see that it was an arch.



Look, yesterday and today.



It was exciting to see the ground of the sea.





Then I went to the famous point.



What a difference!



Today we walked down the stairs – yesterday we would not be able to stay here.



Now I believe that there is a big difference between the high and the low tide here.

Love Dutchy

Hello Mum,

In the evening I walked through Truro.

There is a Truro Tree Sculpture Project. The Truro Tree Committee has endeavored to make the most of an unfortunate situation, the loss of many of the Town's stately elm trees to Dutch elm disease.
They decided to make nice sculptures from the poor dead trees.

I loved the first stature – a lumberjack.



This was the town hall.



Here you can see the first mayor of the town.



A woman with a girl.



And the last one was this funny man next to the beautiful carriage.



Love Dutchy

Hello Mum,

We visited Grand-Pré. Grand-Pré National Historic Site is a park set aside to commemorate the Grand-Pré area of Nova Scotia as a centre of Acadian settlement from 1682 to 1755, and the British deportation of the Acadians that happened during the French and Indian War.

This ist he Statue of Evangeline and the Memorial Church.



They showed what happened in the Past.



But I loved this beautiful window more.



There were nice flowers in front of the church.



Then we went to Black Smith Shop.



They used this for transport in that time, now we had a nice place to sit on.



This was the old well.



I liked this Site.

Dutchy

The same day we travelled back in time and went to Port-Royal.

The Habitation at Port-Royal was established by France in 1605 and was that nation's first successful settlement in North America. Port-Royal served as the capital of Acadia until its destruction by British military forces in 1613
 


There was a well and many wooden houses.



I went into the kitchen.



And they ate in the Common Room.



The beds didn’t look very comfortable.



But I had a great view from this room.



This storeroom was called Sail Loft, because ship supplies were stored here.



At the end we had fun playing on the Palisade.



Dutchy

Hello Mum,

I explored Digby. They have high and low tides here, too. Now it was low tide.
 


You can see that we are near the Sea here.



There was a festival with music.



I saw a strange mermaid in a park.



But I liked this clock more – it showed the time of high tide.



This is the town hall.



Can you remember the first photo? Not it was high tide – and the ships were much higher at the pier.



Then I played in the garden of our hotel. This frog took a drive with me.



Then I drove on my own – it was great!



Yours
Dutchy

Hello Mum,

After so many day at the sea we drove to the Keminkujik National Park.



It was really beautiful – just like a rain forest.



The Mersey River was really nice.



Then we reached the goal of our walk – the Mills Falls. It wasn’t high, but I liked it.





Murph, look, a beautiful mushroom.



This place is known for turtles and other animals.



I found a frog.



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Then we found this great place on a tree for all of us!



Love
Dutchy

Hello Mum,

Today we went to a small town called Lunenburg.



There were colourful houses in the streets.



And I saw ships in the harbour.



This was a nice monument for the fishermen who died.



I liked this view.



A big sailing ship!



Here you can see how big the head of a whale is!



Then we drove to small place called Blue Rocks. It was so nice and quiet here.





What a funny house with a lighthouse next to it!

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Love
Dutchy

Hello Mum,

Behind me you see a famous lighthouse from Canada. Peggy’s Cove.



I had a nice view here.



There were many people on these rocks.



The lighthouse is really beautiful.



Later I saw this funny rock, created by an artist.



Dutchy

Hello Mum,

Later that day we arrived in Halifax. First we went by boat.



This wall had beautiful paintings.



Later we went into a nice garden.



I liked the fountain – but I didn’t like the gun of the man on the top.



I loved these beautiful plants.



The group in the small pavilion played jazz.



The girl on the fountain was much better than the man on the first fountain!




In the evening I saw a big cruise ship from my hotel room.



Love
Dutchy

Hello Mum,

It was our last day in Canada – and we visited the Fortress of Halifax. On our way we passed the clock tower.



There was a guard in front of the Gate.



It was an interesting museum. The fort was sooo big.



There was a lot of place between the walls.





This will be my famous place – but what is it? Not wine, but powder…



This was the bedroom of the soldiers.



It was a great time in Canada.

Love
Dutchy

Hello Mum,

Surprise – because I was allowed to stay with Dicker Kumpel for a longer time, I will go on a cruise with him.

But before we started our Cruise, we took a walk through Cologne. This was the place of one of the dancers in the carnival time.



This fountains shows a fairy tale – the Heinzelmännchen.





Look, a funny tower – and next to it you see something!



Yes, it was our boat! I am so excited!



I went onto the sun deck – and looked around.





Then we were on our way – first we passed some modern building.


Then I saw the skyline with the Cathedral. It was great!



Yours
Dutchy

Look Mum! I am in our country!

We reached Volendam. Many ships were here.





Of course we left the ship – but you can see it behind the small boats.



I liked the quiet part of the old city.



There were many bridges.



We walked around.





This house was beautiful!



Later we took the ferry to Marken.



On the way we saw our ship from the water – and it was very windy outside!



Then we arrived in Marken. In the Past it was on an island, but now they have a connection to the mainland.



We explored Marken and saw many beautiful small houses.





Surely they had a church!





This is the main shopping-street here.



I really loved this place.



Back in Volendam I wanted to have photos with these funny people!





On the ship I found yummy chocolate!



Yours
Dutchy

Hello Mum,

Funny white people are living on our ship – and some of them come and visit us- maybe they are ghosts? This time it was an elephant.



Today we spent some day on the water – this was interesting!



We saw some big ships!



But we could see nature…



…and small towns.



The weather wasn’t as bad as it looked like on this photo.



We arrived in Rotterdam and took a sightseeing-tour on our ship.







There were high buildings and tall bridges.







It was a nice day!
Dutchy

Hurrah – a new country – I am in Belgium.

We drove to Gent – I really liked this church.



There were beautiful building on a big place.







We went to the river – the look backwards war nice.



Then we were on the bridge – what a great view!





We went to the river and saw the houses even better.



Look – we found a wonderful fortress – in the middle of the city!



There were town canals in Belgium, too.



We found this monument on another place.



And this building was funny – two roofs, but no walls.



Yours
Dutchy