BOSTON/BERMUDA/QUEBEC CANADA

  6 October 2022     SAGUANAY 2022:   We sailed into the Saguanay River before dawn and I was the one who said no don’t feel like getting up to go for a walk , guilty as charged!!It turned out to be one of the best days ever regarding the weather.While we were sailing up the river you could see that the trees had started changing colour and was just beautiful to see from the ship. Autumn has definitely arrived. Got our normal friendly welcome alongside the dock  and then I decided to go for a long walk to the HA! HA! Pyramid in downtown it was built in memory of the great flood in 1996 when the town got so much rain that it caused a flood and about 200 houses were swept away and 2 kids died in a mud slide.Took me an hour to reach it passed a few people on bikes and thought to myself I should have rented a bike would have been great for is a flat route all along the water edge. On my walk I saw white birds taking off into the skies and what a sight it was th...

  30 September 2022 – Boston   Just works out that hubby is not off in Boston so am use to walking around on my own , have accepted that on this contract.Really cold outside was 9 degrees when we got here but as soon as the sun comes out it warms up then you get undressed again!One thing I have learnt with traveling is layers is the way to go for nothing worse than either being cold or hot.While I was in CVS buying sweets and cool-drink a young girl was at the till paying and she had her dog with her,but it decided to help himself to some sweats , was so funny and the more she tried to get it out the more he/she chewed must admit did have a little giggle while watching this play out in front of me. Discovered a very nice coffee and pastry café called Flour very close to the terminal so that is where I spent my morning.The quote for the day in Flour was : “Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall” F.Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby Thought that was special wil...

  22 SEPTERMBER 2022 – SAGUENAY CANADA The day did not go according to plan,we had to cancel our date night because  a patient made a turn for the worst and that carried on right through the night at one stage did not think he was going to make the night,so talk about stress levels for my dear hubby. I got up early to get some fresh air and see the sail into the Saguenay River but no sunrise to see was overcast and very chilly but still sat on deck 12 with cup of coffee , croissant and a stunning view just wilderness. We were going to get to port earlier to get the patient to hospital and arrived at  9 instead of 11  o clock.This beautiful little town were ready to welcome us again with there dancing music and thank goodness this time round the captain blew the horn just after we docked so everyone in town new we had arrived. While I was standing on deck 7 listening to the music a ambulance was waiting for the patient and next thing the patient is loaded in...

  9 SEPTEMBER 2022 : QUEBEC CITY CANADA We arrived early but what a disappointment we docked in the industrial area about 25 minutes walk from down town anyway I got off the ship and then it was a case of get going for I wanted to be back at the ship by 14h00 so did not have all day to walk around.Another big cruise liner had taken our spot in the downtown area so hope we have it back with our next visit.Not far from the docks I passed a huge veggie garden that I thought was very cool this seems to be the trend at the moment. On my way to the top of the hill I passed policemen closing off streets and putting barriers up then I knew something was going on , a few meters away I saw a poster with the words  Le Grand Prix Cycliste Quebec. My first stop was the stunning Chateau Frontenac Hotel with a petite French lady singing the most beautiful French music right in-front of the hotel.The inside of this hotel just takes your breath away and you walk back in time, beautiful is a un...

BAR HARBOUR / CHARLOTTETOWN / SYNDEY / HALIFAX/ SAGUENAY / QUEBEC   2 SEPTEMBER 2022 : BOSTON/USA This morning the telephone woke us , hubby was called to see a patient that had chest pain so off he went and I was lazy to get up.I got off after breakfast and my first stop was just sitting at the terminal building doing the free wifi thing.Posted week 2 of my blog and then took a walk in another direction towards downtown. A lot of building going on in the seaport area which is great to see, think it will be stunning once all the work has been done.Really makes me sad to think what we could have in Port Elizabeth with all the possibilities and don’t have. I went to the Boston Tea Party to have tea in Abigails tea room, they have 5 different teas you can try and have a cup of the one you prefer, next time I am going to have a scone too. Bieg tyd, our teas taste a lot better rooibos , glen and five roses! Another beautiful sunny day in Boston not as hot as last week, made walking arou...