Bich's Canadian adventures: Wednesday

Shall we let sunrise speak for itself?

French toast for breakfast!

After the rainy, foggy day previous, it was amazing to wake up to such clear skies and bright sun. And while the sun didn't come up perfectly between Cape Split, it was pretty darn close.

Back up the hill

Looking down on the lighthouse
(with the rips in the background)

Back to the car, we got to see the amazing sights that were hidden in fog the day before.

Bich and the Navigator then headed to the Annapolis Valley, one of Nova Scotia's wine areas. We arrived at Domaine du Grand Pre first.

Fountain/sculpture

We love Napa, but one thing we've never gotten to experience is seeing grapes on the vine -- we've always been there in the spring. We've seen beautiful vines and blazing mustard, but seeing grapes? So cool. And they let us wander the grounds freely.

Next up: Gaspereau. The guide at Grand Pre was kind enough to give us a good list of wineries to hit, with this one at the top.

This place had a ridiculous number of wines, most of which were quite decent. We bought four. Or five. Can't remember.

Luckett Vineyards is run by what the other wineries called "an eccentric Brit." It was their nice way of saying he's crazy.

Luckett only recently started putting out wines, as they've only had grapes for about two years. But they've also built a sustainable operation with a great little restaurant overlooking the hills, a little farming, and a surprise built in.

Wine, of course.

Roast beef, "dragon's breath" aioli and arugula on focaccia
with tomato soup

Scallop, lobster, haddock, tarragon mayo and arugula sandwich
with potato and leek soup

But the strangest thing: Luckett put a genuine working phone booth in the middle of the vineyard that offers free phone calls to anywhere in North America.

Calling Mom

And calling Mom

Our last winery stop was L'Acadie, an organic winery specializing in sparklings made in the French style. Yummy.

And it was off to Shubenacadie.