Ladies and gentlemen!

On the twenty-second day of my trip through Atlantic Canada, I drove from Sydney on Cape Breton Island to Truro in Central Nova Scotia. I visited Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site which turned out to be one of the most stunnings sites I have ever visited.

Highlights: Everything about Louisbourg National Historic Site was perfect. Staff was welcoming and spoke French. The bus ride to the site was quite enjoyable. The buildings looked authentic and were in excellent condition.

Curiosities: I bought the excellent Fortress Rum in Louisbourg that has a really fine taste. Several of my friends tried it out as well as had to agree with me. Along with my six pack of Iceberg Beer, this was an excellent gastronomic souvenir of my epic voyage. 

Arriving at Louisbourg National Historic Site 

 The bridge that leads towards the historic village

Fortifications of Louisbourg 

 Military equipment in Louisbourg

 One of the main buildings of the site

Explanations about defensive strategies and decisive battles in Louisbourg 

 A recent building constructed when the site was reestablished

 Inside a small church in Louisbourg

 A room that represents how French citizens lived in Louisbourg

 Gardens in Louisbourg

 One of the more elegant houses in Louisbourg

 A small chicken and turkey farm in Louisbourg

 A First Nation member explains his nation's heritage and involvement in Louisbourg

 Catholic religion was an important cultural element in Louisbourg

 Port of Louisbourg

Ladies and gentlemen!

On the twenty-first day of my trip through Atlantic Canada, I took the ferry from Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland to North Sydney, Nova Scotia and stayed in Sydney for the night.

Highlights: Walking through Sydney in the early evening was quite relaxing after having spent almost the entire day on the ferry.

Curiosities: My hotel room wasn't exactly clean and I found an abandoned bag with medication under my bed. The hotel in Sydney was probably one of the worst on my trip as the elevated price didn't go along with the sloppy room service.

 Ferry in Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland

 Downtown Channel-Port aux Basques

Leaving the province of Newfoundland and Labrador 

A final view of the province 

 Downtown Sydney in Nova Scotia

Wentworth Park in Sydney 

Merchant Mariner Monument on Sydney Waterfront Boardwalk 

The world's largest fiddle in Sydney 

Lighthouse in the Big Fiddle Market at the Port of Sydney 

Project Gutenberg isn't an action movie but rather a crime drama that feels at times like a lengthy documentary about counterfeiting techniques. The film tells the story of Lee Man, a man who was part of a counterfeiting gang around a mastermind called Painter. Lee Man got arrested by the police who wants to know more about Painter in order to arrest him. Lee Man explains how they met in Canada and how he joined his gang while abandoning his dream of becoming a famous painter and having a family with his former girlfriend. After a theft had turned terribly wrong, Lee Man started to question his actions, grew distant from Painter and tried to find a way out of the gang. Their fatal conflict would soon lead to dramatic consequences for everyone involved.

Even though the movie is just above two hours long, it feels much longer than it was. It takes at least an hour before the actual rising action started and the film finally quickens up the pace. However, it loses some steam towards the end and despite an explosive finale, the resolution is somewhat unsatisfactory and exaggerated. The story is told with the help of numerous lengthy flashbacks instead of offering a coherent and fluid delivery.

However, there are also some positive elements about this movie. The acting performances are solid and the characters are quite fleshed out and intriguing. The locations are quite diversified as the film takes place in China, Taiwan and Thailand to just name a few locations. The few action sequences are quite vivid and visually stunning. The twisted story isn't predictable and will keep you interested until the very last scene.

In the end, Project Gutenberg is a movie with interesting characters and some great special effects that wastes some potential with its complicated storytelling and overlong delivery. The film would have been much better if it had been shortened by at least thirty minutes and scripted with a story in chronmological order. In the end, Project Gutenberg is good enough to be watched on a rainy or stormy autumn evening but nothing really worthwhile as the positive reviews are quite exaggerated.

Ladies and gentlemen,

On the twentieth day of my trip through Atlantic Canada, I drove southwards from Corner Brook to Channel-Port aux Basques where I had to take the ferry back to Nova Scotia the next day. I continued visiting multiple places on my last complete day in beautiful Newfoundland.

Highlights: Corner Brooks turned out being a much more interesting city than it initially seemed to be. There are wonderful parks with long trails, stunning outlooks and a few interesting monuments. Driving west to Blow Me Down Provincial Park was certainly worth a detour.

Curiosities: I met a couple from Ontario. The husband tries to convince his wife to move to Newfoundland. For a fourth summer in a row, he visited Newfoundland with her. I met the couple in Blow Me Down Provincial Park, saw them again in Channel-Port aux Basques and also met them on the ferry back to Nova Scotia the next day. 

Margaret Bowater Park in Corner Brook 

Corner Brook Stream Trail Network 

If I had discovered The Glynmill Inn before I would have liked to stay there 

 A side section of Glynmill Pond

 Bridge across a small river in Corner Brook

 Captain James Cook National Historic Site

 On Route 450 through coastal villages in Western Newfoundland 

 Humber Arm South Day Park

 Blomidon Nature Trail

 Blow Me Down Provincial Park

 Royal Canadian Legion Memorial Park in Channel-Port aux Basques

Ladies and gentlemen,

On the nineteenth day of my trip through Eastern Canada, I stayed in and around Gros Morne National Park in Northwest Newfoundland. In the late afternoon, I had to drive south along Deer Lake for about two hours and spent the night in Corner Brook.

Highlights: Gros Morne National Park has many stunning trails. The weather was great and so I spent my time hiking all day long. I had a wonderful dinner at Jungle Jim's in Corner Brook for a reasonable price. If I ever come back to Newfoundland, I will have to go to this franchise again. 

Curiosities: Initially, four moose were brought to Newfoundland back in 1904. Nowadays, an estimated 150,000 descendants of these beautiful herbivores live on the island. The hungry animals destroyed trees, plants and bushes in national parks to a point that moose-free zones needed to be established to save them. I saw one fascinating example of this in Gros Morne National Park where a caged area showed the destruction caused by these gentle giants.

 One of many waterfalls in Gros Morne National Park

 Norris Point Lookout with Wild Cove

 Wild Cove in Norris Point

 Lobster Cove Head Lighthouse in Rocky Harbour

 A view from Berry Hill

 Wild rabbit near Berry Hill Campground

 Little Pond

 Baker's Brook Falls

 Another view of Berry Hill