Tuesday, 9/29 5:53 PM

At my lodgings in Truro.  Nice drive today, but in and out of rain.  Not unlike last night, this was a bit of a shock coming into a city, and neither Sydney nor Truro are that big. 

 

I've been in the rural areas for a while and this feels a bit unsettling.  The idea of tooling around Lunenburg alone has no appeal, so I am taking it off the itinerary and winding towards home. 

 

It's funny, I lived and worked in NYC for 13 years and Boston for about 6.  Find I am not as comfortable in the city as in the country. 

 

Am fearless on the one and two lane roads, paved or not, not so much in the bright lights and traffic in unknown places.  It is not the driving around or through, it is the stopping, figuring parking and how to get where I need to go that feels overwhelming. 

 

So, to keep in mind for future trips:

• Plan limited sightseeing,
• Visit historical places,
• Avoid sightseeing in big cities alone,
• Keep single day's drive to no more than 6 hours.
• Have great sing-a-long music in the car, local radio may have little for my enjoyment. (I have listened to local TV on the radio and this morning local radio on the TV!)

Well, surprise, surprise, I'm hungry - great breakfast at the B & B, no lunch on the road, so now I will put on a clean blouse and go out for some dinner.

 

Be in touch tomorrow from a really neat inn right on the Bay of Fundy (hostess is a quilter!!).

 

Ciao