It gives me great pleasure to have Danish friends withme to Nature’s Nest and to show them the wonderful country I come from. Thisyear, two friends visit with me for two weeks. Apart from enjoying life at the
cabin, we go on excursions. 
One of the places we visit is the tiny coastal village Blue Rocks, not far from Lunenburg. I keep coming back to Blue Rocks because it isso picturesque, no matter what kind of weather, and the rocks are fascinating.
We also go to Digby, one of the towns along the coast of the Bay of Fundy, where you can see the highest tides in the world. 
We hike through a forest in the fog towards a natural attraction called Balancing Rock. It appears as if the nine metres high column of basalt rock is balancing on one toe like a ballerina and you wonder why it does not tip over. However, on closer examination, you can see that it was once one large piece of rock but that much of it has eroded away. 
We drove out to the western tip of Nova Scotia to go whale watching from Brier Island. I have been on several whale watching tours before, but never one as exciting as this one. After hours and hours of sailing and not really seeing anything other than the occasional dolphin and the usual seabirds, we ended up in the middle of a feeding frenzy. How lucky can you get?
We arrive at a spot where humpback whales have gathered to feed on herring. The huge animals collaborate in a technique called bubble net fishing. They circle around their hapless prey, blowing bubbles to confuse the fish and concentrate them in a tight ball. The humpbacks then open
their enormous mouths, lunge upwards out of the water, grabbing a huge portion of fish and water on the way up. Their baleen bristles filter the fish from the seawater. It is amazing to see this in real life, quite close up and with so many whales involved.
My friends and I also go backcountry canoeing in Kejimkujik National Park for a couple of days. We see snapping turtles and what I think might be the protected Blanding’s turtle. We see a loon family with mom, dad and downy brown youngsters. We set up camp on Frozen Ocean Lake. The Peace and quiet are total. We swim, hike, make a campfire, eat and sleep. Life is reduced to the simple things. 
