Hi John --- I haven't been to >> Īles de la Madeleine << but it's the nearest place on my bucket list so I have no excuse to not go soon. We live about an hour away from the ferry.

I fully support your wife's wanting to go back to >> Cape Breton <<. I was conceived there and it is the home of my MacIntosh ancestors post-Scotland. Many years ago I worked as a lifeguard at Ingonish Beach on the Cabot Trail.

For anyone not familiar with these Canadian islands I made their names above into links... (Note the pics of Īles de la Madeleine have a little menu list on the corner of the page allowing you to see more than the nature pics).