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Bus Route #80 – Sackville

The Rotunda Bedford
Welcome to the fourth installment of day trips and vacation spots in HRM accessible by bus (and bike!). Today we’ll take you on the #80, or what could be easily called ‘The Seafood Route”. The 80 starts at the Scotia Square terminal and takes you past some awesome spots in the downtown core, but for… Read More

Glooscap Heritage Centre – Millbrook, NS

Glooscap Heritage Centre Millbrook
If you’ve ever driven on Hwy 102 between Truro and Halifax, you’ve probably seen him.  That tall, beautiful statue of Glooscap.  Glooscap is the hero of Mi’kmaq creation stories, whose feats range from giving the Mi’kmaq the canoe and fire to creating Five Islands in the Bay of Fundy.  What you may not have seen… Read More

Halifax Artist Mark Grantham

Mark Grantham - Nova Scotia Artist
In our post-wedding haze, we almost completely forgot about one of the best local features of our attempt at a Local Wedding - artist Mark Grantham. We met Mark at the Seaport Market (@hfxseaportmrkt) back in February and fell in love with his NS inspired watercolour prints.  We decided to purchase post cards to use… Read More

The Local Wedding Nova Scotia

Anyone who has been following our adventures for the past year and a half might know that we are not one local traveler but a couple of local travelers.  In fact, we are a couple and we recently got married. Although our wedding isn’t necessarily something random readers would travel to, it was still most… Read More

Our 8 Rules for Local Travel

A turtle crosses the road in Liverpool, Nova Scotia
It’s not just about traveling in your own city, province, or country (although we think that’s really important, too). Here are our rules for traveling like a local traveler – whether your adventure takes you around the corner or around the world: If you can drive, don’t fly.  If you can take the bus, don’t… Read More