After a nice sunny breakfast outside at our campground we left for Digby. The information centre gave us lots of suggestions on what to do in the area and where the most beautiful beaches are, but we only went for a walk through the town and read about scallops and the Loyalists who came after the American Revolution. Among the Loyalists were black people who did not get treated as well as the white people and ended up with land that was of low quality. Many left to go to Sierra Leone.

Scallop fishing is a very successful industry in Digby and the method for raking the sea floor to collect the scallops into a pouch was invented here.

As we were returning to our van, the local Y95.5 radio station was handing out coupons for a 6” Subway sandwich, pop and a bag of chips. We did not say no and left with a big smile.

We continued on highway 1 and arrived in Annapolis Royale where we parked directly in front of a Germany bakery and cafe. Curious we went inside, looked at the menu and needed to try the schnitzel served with potato salad and a large German Erdinger and Austrian Stiegel beer. The waitress and daughter of the owner spoke fluent German and told us that they had immigrated from Germany in the early 2000s. On the walls where the Gesellen-und-Meisterbriefe from former East Germany. The food was excellent and we took and extra portion of potato salad with us for an upcoming lunch.

Directly across the street is Fort Anne, a historic fort that, like the fort at Louisbourg, changed hands from French to English several times.

Exhausted, we had to have an afternoon nap in the parking lot by the market square. We liked this spot so much that we decided to stay there for the night as well. We had two choices for the evening program – a grave yard tour at the fort, or a dance performance at the theatre in connection with a four day dance festival. We chose the dance performance which was mostly contemporary, with three sections. The first recalled the collapse of the Quebec-Levis bridge in 1907 where more than 75 iron workers died, the second and third dealt with relationships. It turns out that the first theatre production in Canada took place in what is now Annapolis-Royale.

We really liked this small town and will definitely return sometime.