Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is seen from the deck of the Eastern Star. Of course, that white sheet at the top of the image is one of the Eastern Star's sails. Lunenburg's bright colours came about because of its history as a fishing village. Fog was such a prevailing condition that women painted their houses these bright colours so their husbands would cheer up as they entered the harbour and their homes appeared clearly out of the grey.
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I never knew that tidbit explaining the brightly coloured bldgs. in Lunenburg.
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