Moncton

Moncton was our second base in our Maritimes tour. Moncton is the largest city in New Brunswick with a population of 71,800. Arriving in the city, my first thought was it has a "bigger" city feel to it than Fredericton. We stayed in the downtown area which is a short walk to the Petitcodiac river which has a great 5km riverside trail running along its banks. Having started our trip in Fredericton I was slightly disappointed in the feel of Moncton. We arrived mid evening and had a full day planned for the next day so we decided we would head over to one of the main natural attractions in the city called the Magnetic Hill  effort we settled in to our hotel. The Magnetic Hill is described as an example of a gravity hill; an optical illusion created by rising and descending terrain. It's a mind puzzler experience as you put your car in neutral at the designated spot, take your foot of the brake and the car begins to roll up the hill. 

We didn't end up spending much time in Moncton as it was really just our sleeping base, but Z did find a great chic and modern wine and martini bar called Third a Glass. This place feels like the place locals go to meet up with friends after a work day. Great ambience with old black and white movie playing silently on the two TV screens behind the bar and cool decor with an intricate ceiling design, elaborate chandeliers and a wine bottle wall with scattered frames encasing the bottles. 

In Moncton we also found the cheapest gas we've seen so far on the trip at $0.99. The highest price we've seen so far is $1.02. I guess the government here doesn't add a bunch of other taxes into the price of gas just to increase general revenues. What a concept!