FINAL: From Peggy's Cove to Halifax

Hello everyone, we are slowly coming to the end and will soon summarize the entire trip.

Our onward journey first took us to Peggy's Cove. Here stands Canada’s most famous lighthouse. Peggy's Cove is a small idyllic fishing village, especially when there aren’t throngs of tourists around.

The further route then followed directly along the Atlantic coast. There were beautiful views time and again. In Halifax, we overnighted in a Walmart parking lot to take the bus to the ice hockey stadium. While we didn’t get to attend an NHL game, we were able to see a junior professional league game. At least over 8600 spectators attended this game.

After that, we moved to a campsite to prepare our camper for the ferry ride. There are some regulations to keep in mind, as in the worst-case scenario, the vehicle won’t be transported. When we dropped off the camper at the port, we encountered no problems; everything went smoothly. Honestly, the preliminary farewell to the camper was a bit sentimental, as it had been our home during the long journey.

Then we took a taxi to the hotel, and it felt strange to suddenly have so much space. The fact that we miss the camper cannot be attributed to the hotel, which is 4 stars, has a room of 28 square meters, a balcony, and a view of the harbor. Additionally, there’s a swimming pool and sauna. However, in the past six months, we learned to appreciate that luxury is often unnecessary and that the encounters with people and the diverse beautiful landscapes of Canada are what matters most.

A conclusion of our journey:

First of all, thank you for over 1200 visits to our website and nearly 100 comments. It was fun to share pictures and experiences in the blog. We are grateful that we were able to make this trip and remained healthy throughout. We covered exactly 26289 km, and there was not a single tense traffic situation. Driving on the unpaved bumpy roads in the far north of Canada was quite exhausting. We were on the road for a total of 181 days, of which we spent 175 nights continuously in the camper; we stayed in a hotel for 5 nights before picking up or after dropping off the camper at the port. We never stayed anywhere longer than 4 nights with the camper. It was interesting to realize that it is possible to live together for half a year in a single small space, with a bathroom smaller than a phone booth.

We had hundreds of encounters with Canadians who wanted to know all about our journey and our camper. With some, we became really good friends, and it was sad to move on. Some Germans, Austrians, and Swiss were traveling similarly to us, and when we happened to meet, we helped each other with advice and information.

We will create one last travel blog when we pick up the camper at the Hamburg port in early November.

We will keep the entire travel blog online for a while longer, as we’d also like to revisit everything we experienced and saw...

Matthias and Elke