Cruise - Halifax

Thanks to my daughter Kim and no thanks to Dell Computers, I am back on-line. I am severely addicted to the computer and am so thankful to have a tekkie in the family. Kim, you're awesome!

Now I can finally share our cruise to Canada and New England. For as long as I can remember I have had a fascination with New England and the Atlantic coast. This trip fullfilled a long time yearning to see that part of the country and I was not disappointed.

We flew to NYC and spent our pre-cruise night in Chinatown in Flushing, NY. After exploring the city we had dinner at a popular Chinese restaurant. The dinner was delicious. but being the dessert lovers we are, we had a craving for something sweet. We found a Chinese Bakery and picked a few things that we thought looked good. Yuk! what were we thinking, the Chinese aren't exactly known for their baking skills. We would have to wait till we got onboard the ship to satisfy that sweet tooth.

The next morning we hired a car to take us to the cruise terminal in Brooklyn. The driver didn't have a clue how to get there. We began to worry when he handed me his GPS system to help with directions. Yeah right, I was a big help. Finally, after directions from a local on the street and from a Brooklyn cop we found our way to the ship. Our excitement was dimmed when we weren't allowed to board for another two hours. We were never given an explanation as to why there was such a long delay, but our frustrations ended when we boarded the ship and stood on the top deck and glimpsed our first sight of the Statue of Liberty and Manhattan Island.


Our first day was spent at sea and because we knew the next seven days were going to be extremely busy, we spent the day relaxing. The ship was beautiful, but looked a lot like the Emerald Princess we were on in January so we didn't spend a lot of time exploring it.




We arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia on Tuesday and after spending the morning exploring the city, we took a tour to a small fishing village about 30 miles from Halifax. Peggy's Cove was just how I imagined a coastal town would look. It was really cold, the wind whipped right through our bones, but I loved it there.