Rare Rubyfisch Posted August 27 Author #151 Share Posted August 27 Views from Baddeck: 9 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Rubyfisch Posted August 27 Author #152 Share Posted August 27 Food time - starting with iced lattes, a bagel sandwich, and an amazing blueberry muffin from Bean There: And then key lime pie ice cream at the Frozen Spoon - which was amazingly good and cheap - it was $7.00 Canadian for both our ice cream: 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Rubyfisch Posted August 27 Author #153 Share Posted August 27 We saw a pair of bald eagles (sorry the photo isn't great): And some sort of loon or cormorant: 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Rubyfisch Posted August 27 Author #154 Share Posted August 27 A few more pictures from Baddeck: 8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Rubyfisch Posted August 27 Author #155 Share Posted August 27 Seal Island Bridge from the bus: 8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Rubyfisch Posted August 27 Author #156 Share Posted August 27 I swear, the ride back to the ship on these shore excursion could aptly be called "how everyone on this island died in the past 300 years ..." Things we've heard about so far - bootleg coal mines collapsing, coyotes attacking, childhood cancer caused by the steel industry, naval battles, etc .... It felt the same way on the ride back from Peggy's Cove in May. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Rubyfisch Posted August 27 Author #157 Share Posted August 27 Overall, this was an enjoyable excursion and was on the cheaper side. My one complaint is I'm not sure anyone actually wants to listen to two plus hours of narration ... Like, I don't think most of us care about the controversy about whether or not the community college is building a parking structure or when the road is getting resurfaced or the tour guide's family quibbles ... 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandmaanne7 Posted August 27 #158 Share Posted August 27 27 minutes ago, Rubyfisch said: Overall, this was an enjoyable excursion and was on the cheaper side. My one complaint is I'm not sure anyone actually wants to listen to two plus hours of narration ... Like, I don't think most of us care about the controversy about whether or not the community college is building a parking structure or when the road is getting resurfaced or the tour guide's family quibbles ... Tour guides can make or break a tour. We've had ones that gave interesting and informative talks and others that just wanted to vent their unhappiness or talk about themselves with a bit of boring history thrown in. Hopefully, the scenery helped you get through it. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boston proper Posted August 27 #159 Share Posted August 27 38 minutes ago, Rubyfisch said: Overall, this was an enjoyable excursion and was on the cheaper side. My one complaint is I'm not sure anyone actually wants to listen to two plus hours of narration ... Like, I don't think most of us care about the controversy about whether or not the community college is building a parking structure or when the road is getting resurfaced or the tour guide's family quibbles .. We stayed in town today and loved it! Visited a few historic sites and met some genuinely friendly locals who provided great information about Cape Breton history. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Rubyfisch Posted August 27 Author #160 Share Posted August 27 Just now, Boston proper said: We stayed in town today and loved it! Visited a few historic sites and met some genuinely friendly locals who provided great information about Cape Breton history. We were going to do that in May, but our port call got cancelled. Maybe next time ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Rubyfisch Posted August 28 Author #161 Share Posted August 28 I don't think you can actually have a Lido line system that works perfectly, but I kind of hate the self-service bread/cheese that apparently bleeds into the hot food service. I wanted a single piece of fish as a snack and the hot service people weren't assisting anyone, so I walked up, to be somewhat harshly told by someone the line started twenty feet of empty buffet ... Like, it's not particularly efficient for service to stop because someone is spending five minutes looking for the perfect poppy seed roll from the stack of identical ones ... To be clear, I don't really fault anyone and I'm not sure it could be better ... But the self service into the served line is just awkward... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Rubyfisch Posted August 28 Author #162 Share Posted August 28 MDR menu: 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Rubyfisch Posted August 28 Author #163 Share Posted August 28 Dinner in the MDR definitely finished stronger than it started... Sad, sad tomato crostini.... Salmon chowder (definitely better): Eggplant Parm and asparagus risotto (probably the best entree so far): Stroppenwaffle cheesecake (fantastic): 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Rubyfisch Posted August 28 Author #164 Share Posted August 28 Sunset after dinner: 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Rubyfisch Posted August 28 Author #165 Share Posted August 28 Northern lights!!!! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakridger Posted August 28 #166 Share Posted August 28 16 minutes ago, Rubyfisch said: Northern lights!!!! How exciting!! Can't see them in your picture but capturing them in your memory with your own eyes is fantastic! ~Nancy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Rubyfisch Posted August 28 Author #167 Share Posted August 28 Just now, oakridger said: How exciting!! Can't see them in your picture but capturing them in your memory with your own eyes is fantastic! ~Nancy I think the compression on cruise critic loses them .... But it's still really cool. I've never seen them before 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ken the cruiser Posted August 28 #168 Share Posted August 28 29 minutes ago, Rubyfisch said: I think the compression on cruise critic loses them .... But it's still really cool. I've never seen them before They are pretty awesome! We saw them on our recent Alaska cruise on the Grand Princess in May and on a Celebrity Summit cruise going from Iceland to Greenland. Here's a helpful NOAA link to see if the Lights might be visible where you’re at in the next couple of days as well as the next 30-60 minutes. https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/communities/aurora-dashboard-experimental 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Rubyfisch Posted August 28 Author #169 Share Posted August 28 It's pretty choppy and pretty windy ... One downside of a balcony is the wind noise .... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Rubyfisch Posted August 28 Author #170 Share Posted August 28 Sunrise: 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boston proper Posted August 28 #171 Share Posted August 28 Really looking forward to PEI! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Rubyfisch Posted August 28 Author #172 Share Posted August 28 Lido breakfast .... I do love crepes... 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Rubyfisch Posted August 28 Author #173 Share Posted August 28 Cormorants and the ship: 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Rubyfisch Posted August 28 Author #174 Share Posted August 28 We went on a lovely walking tour that I booked independently through Walk the Walk PEI. It met at 9:30 effectively at the pier and lasted maybe 2:15. It was 29 CAD a person. I would definitely recommend it to others. Jamie grew up in PEI and is a retired veterinarian. I get the sense these walking tours are his passion project. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Rubyfisch Posted August 28 Author #175 Share Posted August 28 The first main stop was St. Dunstan's, which is made of sandstone from Nova Scotia (you know it isn't from PEI because it isn't red). It was built around 1913: 6 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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