Lovely Lunenburg

 The view from my window this morning. 

The view from our bed is pretty awesome too.

I rather suspect access to this view explains this decor choice (with apologies to Wendy for using her as perspective again)

It is super comfy and comes with short-person assistance.

Today I took myself on a churches walk of this delightful town, based solely on the spires I could see. It gave me the chance to see the town’s architecture up close and personal. Many of the buildings have plaques identifying the construction year, which I guess is quite common, but more interestingly who the building was built for and often why. Maybe it’s a benefit of the UNESCO listing, according to Wikipedia UNESCO considers Lunenburg the ‘best example of planned British colonial settlement in North America as it retains its original layout and appearance of the 1800s including wooden vernacular architecture.’

 

Here’s the plaque for our building, it’s so interesting reading them as you walk around town. 

It’s the pale green one: the Saltshaker Deli & Inn

It was such a pretty walk amongst these beautiful buildings. Once you get away from the main tourist strip and streets, there’s one nicknamed ‘UNESCO Fresco’ I’m guessing for the OTT colour palette 😂, things are a little less extreme. It was pleasant to walk the streets where people live.

The first spire I bumped into was the Anglicans, who  were also the first to establish a building for worship  in the year after settlement, so 1754. This was the only church that was open and I spent a lovely 30 mins or so wandering around, enjoying the well maintained interior spaces, admiring the stained glass and enjoying some quiet contemplation time. 

The Lutheran’s are taking a leaf out of top floor Tony’s book and are right at the top of a very steep hill (1753).

The Presbyterians look like they might be a bit ordinary, pretty much s.o.p (1770).

This is the Central United Church, not sure if it’s the same as our Uniting Church (1818).

Surprisingly I didn’t find the Catholics. They must be here. Maybe I’ll find them up on a higher hill than the Lutherans tomorrow. 

We can see a sumptuous looking golf course on the other side of the harbour which has Tony desperately longing for some clubs. In lieu of the necessary golfing accoutrements we opted for photography. After consulting the photographer’s guide to all sunshine we determined the optimal time for photos & a drive to look at the town from a different angle. 

Our digest-the-dinner walk was along the dock, with the accompanying dulcet tones of evacuation alarms ringing intermittently on our phones. Bushfires in nearby Halifax have the locals spooked but they must do fires differently here too bc there’s none of the orange-smoke skies we are so accustomed to at home. We’re going for a drive tomorrow to

a) see some local scenery 

& 

b) see what the highways are like. We all have places to be in the next couple of days, the Allans have a boat to catch! Not this one. This is the pic I took while we were wondering around the wharves.