After a good night's sleep, we sailed (oops, "motored" :-) into North Sydney on the Marine Atlantic Ferry "Atlantic Vision" and disembarked by about 10:00 AM.  It was garbage/recycle day in North Sydney - nice to see they have a good recycle program!  Nice views too, of the bay as we cycled along the shore line. One of the first shops in Sydney was a Telus shop, and the employee gave us directions to the bike shop in town, which was about 3K from the B&B we were to stay at.  We stopped first to say "hello!" to Bev and Gordon at Colby House B&B and then cycled down to the "Frame Works" bike shop.  B purchased a new tire and inner tube (to put in reserve) and changed the tire again without using tire irons (we do have them but we learned a trick or two from Dave and Francis).  The new tire is 32mm rather than 35mm but it was all they had in a sizable 700 that was of any quality.  One of the bike mechanics was curious about the tire boot. From the bike shop, we walked about down by the wharf, where Y bought hand-knitting at the artisan's hall.  There was a cruise ship in, and B found a hand painted celtic knot silk scarf on the ground.  B gave the scarf to Pam, who managed to then re-united the scarf with it's owner, which resulted in Pam coming out to us by the giant fiddle to thank us for uplifting her day with our bike story and the scarf.  We enjoyed lunch at Lou Ann's Cafe and then checked in to the Colby House B&B.  We got ready, went to the wharf "Flavor" restaurant for appys and then to a wonderful evening at St. Patrick’s Museum, Esplanade.  We enjoyed Cape Breton style fiddling, highland piping, Celtic and Gaelic singing, Celtic Flute, piano, and step dancers (hosted by the Cape Breton Gaelic Society) - a fund-raiser that happens once per month with funds going to Gaelic lessons.

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