Our favorite place is gone...

Borders is going out of business!!

I am shocked!!

Is nobody reading books anymore??

It was always my favorite thing to have my latte (with a scone!) in the book store cafe (at least twice a week), to read European magazines and check the new books. Never left the store without buying one. And now, it is gone...that what I discovered coming back from vacation! Very, very sad about it...

Ps. My son loved it too!

In the Highlands of Cape Breton

Did you ever see a moose? No??

We did!! Just yesterday. It was eating the leaves next to the road.

And that' s not all. We even saw a whale (at least the tail...) from the window of our lodge.

The wildlife here and the landscape are just breath taking!! "Here" means: in Nova Scotia, in the Highlands of Cape Breton National Park.

Everything very scottish here, including the weather (cozy 56 degree yesterday, but 80 today). The only thing I do not like here are the coyote warnings, but we survived our hikes. And if you are standing on top of the hike trail and have the amazing view of the

Cabot Trail and the ocean a you forget the coyotes...and everything else.

Ps. Did I mention the traffic here? You can almost not handle it...but you can count the cars you see while driving the whole day. Just use your fingers.

With Will and Kate on PEI!

Here I am! Together with Will and Kate on Prince Edward Island!

Just joking...thank God!

But they stayed in in our hotel few days ago before we arrived.

They are in the USA now (or did they already leave??), while we are visiting Canada.

After two days in the beautiful (but very crowded) old town of Quebec City we are enjoying the loneliness of the island.

Love the small villages along the coast!!

And you can bike almost everywhere here!!

And eat tons of lobster!! (and mussels!)

And walk on endless beaches, of course!