When I woke up at 6:25 am James was “helping” the captain to get the ship under the last bridge of this cruise without a problem. He told me later that there was not much clearance left. The captain had told us the day before that he had to calculate the timing just ride because of the tide.
We could take our time getting ready and have breakfast because the ship docked about 9:30 am which we watched from our balcony. It always takes a little time for the officials to do all there paperwork until people are allowed to get off.
Besides, it was the 12th day after James’ skin cancer removal and I was supposed to take the stitches out. His doc had given us a kit. No problem. Pretty similar to ripping a seam when sewing quilts.
Just as we wanted to get off the ship it started to rain ... quite heavily. So we went up to deck 11 again and had another coffee at a table on a window.
After a while we tried again. From the quay we had to go through a hall with all sorts of stalls and internet (weak) and were greeted with a city map.
The map turned out pretty useless since we couldn’t find the info we needed. Before we got to the first cathedral we wanted to get into we had another downpour. Bummer. It was St. Dunstan which some said it was a Cathedral and some a Basilika. We never figured out what. When we left it it had stopped raining ... for a moment.
Everywhere was talk and advertisement about Ann of Green Gables.
We had maps but none where much good. We came to the post office though and could buy stamps to go with the three postcards we had bought in Quebec City.
James went into the tourist office across the street which was in city hall but came back without information because the girl there said she wasn’t from this area and couldn’t answer anything without googling. And she wasn’t good at that either.
Kate and David had gone into she shopping mall across the street. We found each other again and went to find St Pauls, which also serves as the Anglican cathedral which we finally did after first going in the wrong direction.
We enjoyed visiting this church very much. A volunteer, an obviously retired gentleman, talked with us and gave us all sorts of information. He was great. He also gave us a history lesson and finally sent us across the street to the Arts Center where we saw a short video about the founding of Canada which was very interesting. The original building where the confederation of the existing provinces was negotiated and signed is under major renovation so a replica of the original room and furniture had been made in the Arts Centre.
On the way back to the ship we stopped at a pub for a local beer and some potato skins which we shared.
Yippee the sun had finally showed up.
The ship got ready to leave just before 6 pm. The clouds had moved in again.
At every harbor we had a pilot. We watched from our balcony and saw him leave.
A little get-together for libations in one of our staterooms and off to dinner at 7:45 pm. Since we didn’t really have much lunch, dinner tasted very good. I had deviled egg with smoked salmon and crab. James had mussels. Then I had four-mushroom soup followed be sauerbraten.
Decision decision about dessert.
James had Butterscotch Panna Cotta and I had Crème Brûlée.
Then our waiter Ray entertained us with a magic tric. Very clever.
Afterwards the 10 o’clock show (Planet Earth II in Concert with live music) which was very nice and a nightcap.
Waiting in the room:
PE Island! Another place on my wishlist! I am a lifetime Anne of Green Gables fan, as was my mom.
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