At the bottom of the ocean

After a relaxing night in the Queens Room, our host Sandy welcomes us in the breakfast room wearing a traditional kilt.

All guests sit together at two large tables and can chat.

Things used to be different, where every room had its own table, but everyone just fidgeted around on their cell phones.

A national breakfast was served on fine porcelain, which had nothing to do with a Scottish breakfast. Blueberries with yoghurt and grenola. A croissant with butter and jam. That's it, served in style.

Sandy is a cool guy anyway with a dry Scottish sense of humor

a business and pleasure person through and through. The Scotsman Inn is open June-October. Then Sandy and his wife go back to their house in Scotland and then on to Greece where they also own a house.

They own another building in America (with 3 apartments and a shop downstairs), a sports store in a ski resort, a Porsche and a yacht.

Yes, Shahaatz, I would say we open a B&B in Nova Scotia - that seems worth it. Shahaatz chats for a while with the jack-of-all-trades, who also skis and dives, then we finally set off.

Today the journey takes us to the south of Nova Scotia.

Our first stop is Burntcoat head.

facts

The Burntcoar head area has the greatest tidal range (the greatest difference in height between high and low tide) of any place in the world. Tides at Burntcoat Head average 17.0 m, with the highest value set at 21.6 m during the Saxby Storm of 1869. The Bay of Fundy fills and discharges about 160 billion tons of water twice a day. On average, the time between high and low tide is 6 hours and 13 minutes. The tides change by about an hour every day. Spring tides occur twice a month when the sun, moon and earth are in harmony. During this alignment, tides rise above average. Neap tides occur during the first and third quarters of the moon. During this time, flood elevations are lower than average.

For today, the low for 14:24 announced. Unfortunately we are already there at 12:00. But it's still impressive.

Within 6 minutes, a stone is uncovered by an estimated 15 cm.

We walk around carefully on the ocean floor for a while so as not to step on any snails.

Then we have to move on slowly. We drive through the Annapolis Valley. Past corn fields, orchards, grapevines, farms and fattening stables.

Around 4:00 p.m. we finally reach our accommodation, the Kemp Country (or Whitman) Inn.

It is just before the gates of the 2nd National Park on Nova Scotia - Kejimkujik, Keji for short (pronounced Ketschimkutschik or Ketschi).

Sandy knows it too and says it's a great place to stay, under German management, but in the middle of nowhere. But they have a restaurant with very good food.

We are curious. The reviews online are definitely promising. In one of yesterday I had read, however, that there is only breakfast. My inquiry by email confirms that. Not a delicious meal like Sandy, the Scot said.

In fact, there isn't much around the property. The whole thing doesn't look well maintained either. My assumption that it is no longer under German management is confirmed after a short research. The room is adequate and clean, but nothing more. Neither a coffee maker nor air conditioning. No TV or fridge. Those are actually the standard things here. However, the last two are available in the common room.

Since there is nothing to eat here, Marc (our host) gives us two alternatives. The EJ Grill is 4 minutes by car and closes at 6pm (it's now 5:30), The Hollow log is in the next town about 10 minutes by car. That closes at 7pm. Given the time, we decide on the 2nd alternative - The Hollow Log. An old-fashioned, thrown together cafe with the standard menu of sandwiches, burgers and fish and chips, because that's what you get everywhere. Rosin would really enjoy bringing the store into shape.

But it was delicious 😋