Our first two B&B experiences - St. John & Digby

Let me delve a little bit into our bed and breakfasts. But first, I'm thinking the next couple of paragraphs might appeal more to the ladies than to the men, so gentlemen, feel free to skip my descriptions of sugar and spice and scroll down to Doug's more manly notes of driving the car on foreign soil and how to read or misread a map!

Our first B&B in St. John was a medium size, four bedroom house, three of which they rent out to visitors. Our hosts, Stan and Nancy were retired, he from the government, she a surgical nurse. Nancy was the spitting image of our former first lady, Laura Bush..her smile, hair style, everything! They were very gracious and set an elegant breakfast, always beginning with a bowl of fresh blueberries, topped off with a dollop of yogurt. Each evening you would tell them at what time you would like breakfast served the following morning, and what, from the selection of pumpkin panacakes to a variety of eggs, meat, toast, etc. you would like. The next morning you sat down to a lace covered table; beautiful china from an era gone by, linen napkins and lovely china coffee and tea pots..and oh yes.. always home mades jams and jellies. In the evening Nancy spoiled me terribly with a fresh pot of tea, along with some home made cookies . This was served in their living room which was extremely comfortable and cozy. We met a couple of interesting couples staying there as well. One was from North Bay, Cananda.. way north of Toronto and the other was from Quebec territory, all very pleasant and interesting to talk to. After three days in St. John, a handshake from Stan and a hug from Nancy, we were off to Digby!

 

Our next hosts were a retired Canadian Navy officer and his working wife, Don and Nova, who were originally from Vancouver, ended his military career in Nova Scotia and decided to remain there. Their house was a large Tudor, with three lovely and very spacious bedrooms.

Again, our breakfast time and selections were taken in the evening, with Don doing the cooking in the morning, Nova filling the juice glasses and then off to work. Now their selections weren't as extensive as with our previous hosts, but they were nevertheless quite good. Always on the menu are eggs any which way you want them, i.e. poached, fried, omelette, etc., along with meat, toast, etc. as well as a variety of cold cereals, fruit. Believe me when I say that Don ran that house like a well oiled machine! As with our stay in St. John, every inch of that house was spotless. Our breakfast conversations here had a more European flare to them. We had wonderful talks that were filled with animation and laughter with, of course, some serious threads running through as well. We were all strangers at the beginng, who had become friends by the time we parted. They had come a distance..Holland, Austria and Edmonton. All of us different, yet some with similiar thoughts and ideas, always searching for that one word that would best describe your train of thought, so that each of us could understand the other thoroughly. We had a great, great time!

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