7:30 am -- We wake up to rough seas and a whistling sound coming through the balcony door. As I look out over the balcony -- there is no land in sight -- What happened to Sydney?
8:00 am -- While having breakfast -- the Captain announces that we are not going to Sydney because of high winds. We will go straight -- “as fast as we can” -- to Halifax expecting to arrive at 3:00 pm this afternoon. The plan is to stay in Halifax overnight and leave Thursday afternoon for Bar Harbor.
This whole thing makes no sense -- why didn’t he just go to Halifax yesterday? I guess that’s why I’m not driving this boat. We spent the rest of the morning reading and sleeping. All this rocking makes one drowsy.
12:15 pm -- Phil and I go to the Lido for a little lunch --- another couple asks if they can join us -- Jan and Gene from Ontario. They are on for just one week but have been to these ports before on motorcycles. They tell us that someone from their group is in the “hospital” on board with chest pains.
After lunch -- time to work on labeling photos and finishing the Journal ---
2:30 pm -- Trivia in the Crow’s Nest --- we get a 10 --- not bad but not close enough to win -- the winner has 12.
Just as we finish up with Trivia, the Maasdam enters Halifax Harbor.
As we get off the boat we check the terminal and find that there is no wifi. However across the street is the Java Factory, a coffee shop with free wifi. People seem to be flocking to the coffee shop.
We head up to town to look at a couple of Churches stroll around the waterfront area which in Halifax is lovely. There are decorated lobsters and dolphins -- just as Boston has the cows and Jacksonville has Jaguars.
We end up on the waterfront patio of a Japanese Steakhouse to enjoy some refreshment before going back to boat. The weather is perfect. Dave calls Bubbles and makes arrangements for him to pick us up in the morning for a tour Peggy’s Cove and the Titanic Cemetery. On the way back to the ship -- we check the hours of the Java Factory -- they open at 6:00 am.
8:00 pm -- We are seated at Table 81 in the Rotterdam Dining Room. It is a great table and our wait team -- Wi and Abed -- are wonderful as is the Romeo, the wine steward.
We seem to be getting used to this lifestyle!
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