Where are we staying now? Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia

We've been staying with R & B in their (not log cabin) wooden house, well most of them are here. But this place is quite special as it's a unique build with no straight corners or angles. A large central open space inside with a spiral staircase and a wood burning stove. Currently not in use as we're experiencing a heat wave with high humidity.

Apparently there's a heat dome hanging over Canada right now that accounts for this abnormal weather, but not Vancouver which has had the worst summer ever. The house here lies in the countryside near to the small historic town of Annapolis Royal, northern Nova Scotia not far from the Bay of Fundy.

  

Annapolis Royal was originally known as Port Royal in 1605 as the first permanent European settlement in Canada. There's a fort here with canons and it's the nearest you'll get to an historic site similar to what you'll see in England. It's really quaint and most of Annapolis Royal is designated as a National Historic site. It was the original capital of Nova Scotia before Halifax made it in 1749.

We visited the site of Sinclair Inn, built around 1780 and was used as an Inn I think right through to the second world war time. The building has been left displaying the various wall coverings right from wattle and daub and wall papers, even patterned 'tin' plate ceilings. It was facinating to look around.

Outside there was a display of axes and similar, as per the photo here. The handles are newly made but the axe heads are old. I love the graphic linear shapes created by the wooden planks of the sidewalk, the building and the axes. This is one of Mark's photos.