You know that feeling when you’ve returned from a great trip and within one week you feel like you desperately need a vacation?! Everything backs up on you and you feel like you never even had a break! I figure that I am about three weeks behind in blogging and I never even posted shots of New Brunswick or Nova Scotia. One day we toured the town of St. Martin (New Brunswick) where they have these beautiful sea caves and old fishing villages.

Then it was back on the ship for a day to have fun at the pool and look forward to Halifax.

From the beautiful city of Halifax, we traveled to Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. I believe that it claims the title of, “Prettiest Town in Canada”, but don’t quote me on that. It did feel like a step back in time with some serious European influence. I loved all the colorful houses.

And the docks, which are also home to the famous “Bluenose” racing yacht.

Truth be told, I’ve never been wild about the idea of taking a cruise. Call it fear of rogue waves, never ending chow lines (most people love this about a cruise, but it actually gets gross!) and simply being stuck on a boat. I was pleasantly surprised to really enjoy myself and my time with my family. New Brunswick and Nova Scotia are awesome and I’ll post some images of those soon. The moment I got on board, I started shooting and could not get over the enormity of the ship. I mean you can seriously get lost, at least for a few days. There is so much to do, that you actually forget that you are at sea. I was quite taken by the views of the city from the boat.

I caught my sister taking it all in from her balcony.

Holy S__T are we going to fit under the Verrazano Bridge?

Then we had a drill about what to do in case of emergency. It was a joke, we were packed in like sardines and couldn’t hear anything coming over the loud speakers. I figured that we’d be O.K. since we knew what level to get to in case we needed to jump in a life raft. After all didn’t the Titanic sink just off the coast of Halifax?!

Finally, time to chill!

My fantastic Mom (who took all of us on this trip!) with my sister on deck.

Corban and his two youngest cousins all beginning to settle down.

And one of my favorites from the boat, a night shot from my balcony.

As much as I love Summers with my son and family, the first day back to school feels like a new beginning for me too! My son is entering 4th grade and was raring to go this morning, complete with some Bo practice (gotta get up the macho) before the bus arrived. I have tons to blog about (I’m very behind actually) and lots of work coming up, but you’ve gotta love the first day of school!

This is Sergio, our new Bus driver.