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Sight Seeing in Sidney (Not Quite!)
Published: June 14th 2012North America » Canada » Nova Scotia » Sidney
June 14th 2012
It’s Wednesday and time for some intensive sightseeing in Nova Scotia. We docked as we were grabbing a quick breakfast in the Lido so that we could make our 8:00 on-shore meeting. So far there have been no general assembly tour orientations in the Showroom, which make sense to avoid congestion with everyone trying to get ashore at the same time. While it hasn’t been an issue on prior days this cruise, today we either were late arriving or there was some problem that delayed securing the ship, because the Captain’s announcement for disembarking on Deck 3 came about the same time we were supposed to be ashore. A crowd was already on Deck 4. Once ashore we were quickly ushered onto our bus for the Taste of the Cabot Trail tour. Our tour guide had ... read more
September 10th 2011
I flew home Friday morning from Deer Lake to be with family and friends for Uncle Cec's memorial. It was a great celebration of his fabulous life. The rest of the time I travelled around visiting the rest of the family and friends. Flew back into Sidney, NS. to join the team again. While I was away they had a great time finishing up Newfoundland. Hank went ziplining in Cornerbrook. Some went on boat tours in Gros morne park. I will just have to return to experience what I missed! I got a really warm welcome back from the team! Beautiful vase of flowers and a card in my room! Next day was right back at it. Jake and I had 2 groups of Medal Bearers in North Sidney and Sidney. Great groups of amazing people. ... read more
Day 25: 207 Kilometres In A Day
Published: July 29th 2011North America » Canada » Nova Scotia » Sidney
July 28th 2011
As should be obvious by now, our plan for the trip was pretty much to have no plan. We knew if we planned too much in advance, it would only take one mis-step to ruin the whole thing anyway, so we went to the other extreme and did everything day by day. While this may have led to a few less-than-ideal situations, it was also a lot of fun, and made the trip feel even more removed from day-to-day life. We had been told repeatedly that we should reserve our spot on the Newfoundland ferry in advance, but since we were only bringing bikes, not cars, we knew there would be no problem getting a spot. So of course we didn't bother to check availability at all until we got into Cape Breton Island. After yesterday, ... read more
