I'm glad you enjoyed your visit to our picturesque island. I'm looking forward to watching more of your videos as you explore the Maritimes.

Great video, I live here. I love this place. There's no other better place, the best seafood best golf, best scenery amazing food list goes on

Very well done video bud.

@DrifterDave

3 күн бұрын

Thanks for the kind words! 😎

The flies we call “no see ums” I usually don’t notice them 😅

@DrifterDave

4 күн бұрын

We definitely don't have them here in Calgary! They were new to me 😂

@l.a.8753

3 күн бұрын

@@DrifterDave I think they are or are similar to midges

@DrifterDave

2 күн бұрын

I'm glad we don't have them out this way! 😂

Welcome to my hometown hope u enjoy your stay and its prob little black flys there allot tmof them around here

Glad you enjoyed downtown sydney !

@DrifterDave

6 күн бұрын

Thank you!

It's actually the 3rd largest

also visit the neighboring Louisbourg and Baddeck i'm sure you get inlove with CapeBreton like me.

@DrifterDave

4 күн бұрын

I'm sure I'd love them! I've always wanted to visit Louisbourg - really wish that I had got a rental car for my time there, but they were running well over $150 a day. Not exactly in the budget.

@alexandermackinnon7596

2 күн бұрын

​@@DrifterDaveduring cruise ship season rental costs are high and the availability is extremely low. Also the insects were most likely Gnats

@Sydneyadventuretours

2 күн бұрын

I do tours there weekly! I uploaded a few videos of Louisbourg, I would also recommend trying a Donair if you’re not into seafood… cheers

@DrifterDave

2 күн бұрын

That makes sense! I figured I only had a day, so given the cost, I'd just make a video about what to see and do in Sydney, but would have loved to include Louisbourg & other nearby sights. Next time!

@DrifterDave

2 күн бұрын

Nice! I should have got in contact with you to ask about a tour. Too bad! Next time 😎

Next time you are in Sydney you go to the town of Glace Bay. When you told the story about the lion the Royal Bank it was in front of was the brick building when you came up Dorchester st. and turned on to Charlotte st. I loved how kind to us in Sydney. I wish you a very good day 🎉

@DrifterDave

13 күн бұрын

I would have loved to explore Sydney a bit further! Unfortunately, I didn't have a rental car on this trip, so I was limited to only what I could see and do on foot. Glace Bay would have been interesting to explore!

@Lotrprofessor1500

Күн бұрын

No one wants to go to glacé bay. It’s a fucking shit hole .

Glad you like our hometown.

@DrifterDave

8 күн бұрын

I did! I wish I could have seen a bit more of it!

These bugs are new they started yesterday!!!!

@DrifterDave

2 күн бұрын

They're so annoying! I hope you can adjust to them without too much bother! 😂

That is actually Westmount on the opposite side of the Sydney Harbour not North Sydney. The indigenous Mi’kMaq peoples proper pronunciation sounds like (Mig Maw) not meegmaw. LMAO they’re small black flies which we refer to them as “no see ums”. The lady obviously just moved here the day you landed here!😂 East Indian immigrants are here because of the University recruitment process. And yes it’s hard to find nicer people in Canada 🇨🇦 then here… well maybe except for Newfoundland! 😉

@DrifterDave

2 күн бұрын

Thanks for the clarifications! I figured North Sydney was somewhere out there, lol. Thanks for having me in Sydney! 😎

He dave thats 50 bucks was mine can your return them ?

@DrifterDave

24 күн бұрын

Please send a stamped self-addressed return envelope with $5 CAD handling fee and I will happily mail the 50 rupees back! 😂 I'll even take your word for it!

@ginettechiasson4095

10 күн бұрын

Can't be sure, not having seen any this year yet, but those pesky Itty, bitty little pests are likely what we know as "No see 'ems". Not fun, but not as bad as black flies or mosquitoes! Glad you liked our hospitality. Most of us take great pride in it. My brother once drove a couple, who'd had an accident on the Cabot Trail and totalled their vehicle, to the US border. 😊

@DrifterDave

6 күн бұрын

Probably "no see 'ems"! And your story about your brother proves my point exactly - that level of hospitality is unheard of here in Alberta, but comes second nature to Maritimers.

I’m confused as to why you said the Lord Fin and Feather was there since 1976….

@DrifterDave

6 күн бұрын

It was noted on one of their signs out front!

@l.a.8753

4 күн бұрын

@@DrifterDavethe original is in Glace bay since 1976 on commercial street I believe

@DrifterDave

3 күн бұрын

That's good to know!

The mussels are awesome at the flavor on the water. Cape Breton Island is great but i think Sydney is boring.

@DrifterDave

8 күн бұрын

Good to know about the mussels! I was only in Sydney for a day, but would have liked to have a car so that I could have explored a bit more around the area. Been to the highlands back in 2011 and loved it. Need to get back out there again!

@CBoutdoors-vh1ez

5 сағат бұрын

It's boring but it's simple living

Next time don't come back to Sydney

@DrifterDave

9 күн бұрын

How come?

@michaelconnors2468

Күн бұрын

Come to Sydney yes but stay in Sydney no ... Travel around the Cabot trail and other small towns like baddeck and Inverness .... Sydney is crack head central not a very nice place to live ... I've been here all my life and the true beauty is far away from Sydney bro

@DrifterDave

Күн бұрын

@@michaelconnors2468 Good to know! I didn’t mind one day in Sydney & didn’t experience any problems, but I do wish I had a rental car to explore the surrounding area more fully. This was a spontaneous trip - I was originally flying into St. John’s, but when I found a cheap Air Canada reward flight to Sydney a couple days prior, I decided to plan to get to Newfoundland via ferry, as I’d never been! Unfortunately I only had the one day free in my schedule to do Sydney as an add-on, but I’ll certainly be back to Cape Breton in the future 👍