That pretty much sums up why I decided to start downsizing my electronic stable, though I wasn’t quite as bad as you. When you consider that I try not to do a lot of driving on vacation, and do like to “hop” from place to place via plane or train, that means lugging all that stuff on my back, and repeatedly through various security checkpoints … ugh!

So, I have my little Acer one, a small little camera that provides not great but acceptable video and stills, and my phone charges from my netbook. Much better.

Internet in the Maritimes … available in brand name hotels and in odd ( i.e. weird, ) places, but a distinct lack of hotspots or cafe’s.

Avoid the seafood dinners in Halifax, do find a small restaurant in a fishing town for the real thing. Hopefully you’ll get to do the cabot trail and Louisborg. ( They might like you in Cape Breton … you look like one of them 😉 They took one look at poor Billie and acted like they just saw ET. ) Thanks to the CBC and “regional broadcasting” much of it will seem oddly familiar.

They will tell you you just missed the good weather. They lie. They never have good weather 😀

Enjoy!