Day 25 - New York City

I've always wanted to visit New York. Graham has visited the city - in his truck. Apparently you don't stop in New York or you'll lose pieces of your truck. Apparently one of the Taylor drivers stopped at a red light and had both of his taillights stolen.
Unfortunately, we saw very little of the city. We disembarked from the ship and boarded a bus which immediately took us to the airport in Newark, New Jersey through the Lincoln Tunnel. A short, 2 hour flight to Detroit and then home. Back to work and the real world.
The dogs were delighted to see us!!

Day 24 - at Sea

Our final day aboard the Eurodam was spent at sea. We needed an opportunity to get ready to re-enter the real world. As usual, I spent time in the spa while Graham napped and we both spent time in the casino. I actually walked off the boat having won approximately $700.00. We won't talk about how Graham did. Here are some of our casino friends.
This picture is of Sean Bell & the Neptunes - they were our dance band in the Ocean Bar. Sean is actually from Winnipeg.

Day 23 - Halifax, Nova Scotia

When we arrived in Halifax, the day was again gray and dreary and we decided to remain on board. Halifax was also a city that we visited last summer on our east coast trip

Day 22 - Sydney, Nova Scotia

We chose to remain on board the ship in Sydney. We visited this city last summer on our trip to the east coast. The day was gray and dreary, however the water in the harbour was like a mill pond and Graham was able to obtain this amazing shot of the water alongside the ship as we slowly moved out of the harbour.

Day 21 - St. Pierre & Miquelon

I'm back - sorry, but busy times!!

Day 21 took us to St. Pierre & Miquelon. These are 2 small islands just south and west of Newfoundland. These islands belong to France. The larger island is Miquelon, but the majority of the population live on the tiny island of St. Pierre.
St. Pierre does not have a harbour large enough for large ships to dock so we had to tender to shore. Unfortunately, the day was very, very foggy, so the tenders (ship's lifeboats) had to travel in to the dock 2 at a time for safety reasons. Since those who were going on shore excursions had to travel in first, it was about 12:30 by the time we finally arrived on the island. Imagine our surprise when we discovered that most of the stores are closed from 12:00 to 1:30. Since the town is very small, it doesn't take long to explore it and we were done before most of the stores opened again. The town is very quaint. Since it was still very foggy out on the water, we decided to head back to the ship.