East Coast Canada

Since I was able to land an internship this summer, it was my first summer where I stayed in Toronto for the full 4 months - usually, I would go travelling. Since I had a bit time between my internship, my mom and I decided to go on a bus tour to the east coast of Canada during the beginning of August as a mini getaway. Although I'm not a fan of tours, the landmarks were pretty nice - Peggy's Cove, Hopewell Rocks, the Halifax Waterfront etc.

From what I learned, the east coast provinces are known for their potatoes and lobster. And of course, if I didn't try any when I'm all the way there, I'd be pretty cray. With the amount of lobster I've consumed, I can say I need to lay off for a long while lol. They served the lobsters by simply just steaming it and dipped in butter. When I eat lobsters, the asian in me personally like the way how asians cook lobsters - it has all sorts of flavours from black pepper to spicy soy sauce. I find the way western people eat lobsters is either steamed for grilled and dipped in butter with a lemon wedge. Don't get me wrong, I still enjoyed the way they prepped the lobster, you can actually taste the "fresh seafood" in them.

The bus tour went on for 7 days, from Ottawa - Montreal - Halifax - Fredericton - Saint John - Charlottetown - Quebec City - Thousand Islands. yeah, I know - so many cities in just 7 days. But hey, it's an asian tour bus, you know how they go. Despite all those 4am wake-up calls, it was a trip where I could spend time with my mom more since my internship has been taking up a lot of my summer (which I'm not complaining cause I honestly love my intern).

I would definitely go back to Peggy's Cove one day, just a mini getaway and stay there till sunset. I bet watching the sunset there would be breathtaking. Now that I've experienced the east coast, I can now check that off my canadian travel bucketlist.