Daily writing prompt
What are the biggest mistakes people make when visiting your country?
I hate to be a Debbie Downer, but if I were you, I’d pass on visiting the US during the Trump administration. I really don’t think it’s safe for foreigners here at the moment. They’re even detaining the white ones.
I recommend going to Canada instead. It’s spectacular in the summer.

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It’s hard to believe that I live in Maine and have never been to Canada. Need to remedy that…
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You must! I’ve only been to Toronto and Quebec, but loved both.
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My husband wants to take the Cat from Bar Harbor to Nova Scotia and drive back. That would be fun…
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What’s the Cat? I want to go to Nova Scotia too.
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https://www.ferries.ca/thecat?utm_source=google-gbp&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=gbp
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Thank you!!
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It’s a car ferry that makes two trips to Bar Harbor a day, I think. Used to service Portland which would have been easier for us, but they downsized a few years back.
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Very good to know!
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Quebec City is on my bucket list, for places within Canada!
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We went during the city’s 400th(!) birthday celebration in ‘08. It’s that old! And so cool. I had to break out my very bad French for a second with a cabbie who did not speak English. Good thing I had brushed up on it a bit in advance.
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