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Picturesque New England
Montreal Canada to New York
Flew through Chicago from San Jose to Montreal. Chicago air space was still messed up due to the fire that was set in the air traffic control area. Flights delayed in both San Jose and Chicago – got to Montreal and had to go through immigrations. Taxi got us to the Hotel Gault around 3:30 am. The night desk clerk felt sorry for us and gave us a free room upgrade!
Montreal
Hotel Gault is located in the old city area and was very nice. We got up, had a nice breakfast in the lobby. Our rate included breakfast, but only continental. Because we couldn’t eat those items (croissants, etc.) they let us have anything for free! Great lattes!
We spoke to the concierge and got a map of the city – we took a walk down by the cruise ship terminal area and into the city. We went into a few art galleries and researched a place for dinner. Back at the hotel we had a nice shower and walked to dinner at the xxx restaurant.
Dinner was great, we had a martini and some oysters at the bar and then sat outside on the patio. Just before leaving we met one of the owners.
The next day we were off to embarkation on to the Navigator. Set sail to cruise up the St. Lawrence River to Quebec City.
Quebec City, Canada
It was a beautiful weather day and we did a tour called “Beaupre Coast, St-Anne Canyon and Winery”. This included a wine tasting tour and a visit to Ann’s Canyon. The wine area was very pretty with nice fall colors. The wine was not good and we wondered why they just wouldn’t have invested all of their money into making ice wine! The canyon was beautiful with a river running through the canyon with waterfalls and suspended bridges.
Saguenay, Canada
We were suppose to go kayaking but the winds were gusting over 50 knots so the captain cancelled the port.
Cruising the St. Lawrence River
Spent the day relaxing on the ship.
Sydney, Canada
We were supposed to be on the “History Sydney Walking Tour”. We went into the city before the tour started only to realize there wasn’t much there. We walked down the main street, down some other streets and returned to the ship! Sydney was named after a guy whose name wasn’t “Sydney”…Sydney Australia is also named after him.
Halifax, Canada
Dale went on the “Famous Peggy’s Cove Coastal Tour”.
St. John Bay of Fundy, Canada
Went on the “Bay of Fundy Coastal Photography” tour. It rained off and on all day. We stopped at different locations around the area and took pictures. The tour guide gave some practical advice on how to take better pictures.
Bar Harbor, Maine
Went on a walking tour called the “Guilded Age Walking” tour of the city, saw all the old houses. There were lots of cruise ships in town so we couldn’t really enjoy the down town area. Beautiful place though and we think this is one we may want to come back to at some point!
Boston, MA
Jenny was just finishing her summer job in Gloucester so we decided to spend the day with her. We decided to take a taxi out to Chelsea so she didn’t have to drive into the city. Unfortunately the ship had to move the gang plank so we got stuck on the ship for approx. 30 minutes before we got off to find out there was a large cruise ship disembarking that same morning and a very long taxi line. After much walking around we flagged down a cab and made our way to Chelsea.
We drove to Gloucester and walked around town. Margaret got to research the artist E. Fish who, turns out to be Edward (Ned) Fish. She met a woman in a local art gallery who also has an E. Fish painting!
We saw both restaurants were Jenny worked this summer and even got to enjoy some wine on the patio! We took a car service back to the ship.
Newport, Rhode Island
It was a cold and rainy day so we decided to stay on the ship. We read, packed and watched a Tom Cruise moving!
New York
Arrived in New York in the morning on a rather warm day. Got a cab to near La Guardia airport and rented a car. Drove to our bed and breakfast in the countryside near where our friends live. They had a very friendly black standard poodle and we had a good time there.
Connecticut
Visited our good friends Ron and Astrid and their kids, went to Kathy’s son’s football game and visited them for dinner. Dale became a beekeeper which was quite fun. Next day we visited with Margaret’s brother’s family and had lunch with them.