This is our last port before disembarking in Montreal. The last two days have been a bit of an adventure. Two nights ago I had a double order of escargot. They didn’t taste as good as usual but I ate them any. Later in the piano bar I started coughing and hiccups and then threw up in my wine glass. Account to Marilyn I was very discreet. I sat out the set and went to my cabin at the break. During the night all hell broke loose. I won’t go into details. My throat was very sore and I had a headache. First thing in the morning I went to sick bay, had a Covid test and was negative. I am fully boosted but all night I was wondering what would happen if I had to ... read more

Halifax is rainy so I am staying on board. Reading, enjoying a luscious mushroom and brown rice chowder, solid A. Have to find another book. Tonight dinner at the Pinnacle. Delicious dinner of steak tartare and rack of lamb with mashed potatoes, a glass of Cabernet and Key Lime Pie. It must be the sea air as I was in bed by eight, slept through the night and awakened by breakfast at 7:30. Finished my book, will look for another. The TV lineup us awful. News in Fox, CNBC and BBC. Two sports channels, food, HGTV, and Prime one Prime one. I find the Bow and Aft cams more interesting. Today is a sea day and the skies are overcast, the sea calm but I do see a few whitecaps. I feel little motion until I ... read more

From the taxi Travel is more stressful than it used to be. Booked a business class seat for my train ride to Boston. Unfortunately that is the last car on the train. Still, I managed. If all goes according to plan, the conductor will lift my suitcase from the overhead and a Red Cap will help me to the taxi stand for a 30 minute ride to the ship. The Business Class car was the furtherest from the station and the Red Cap earned his tip today, it was a very long train. All went as planned but the cabbie soaked me $20. Still I was off the train and in my room by 2:00. Bit knackered as I got up at six thirty but went to the Captains welcome party, sans Captain who may have ... read more

Eagles, Life in the Fast Line; Doobie Brothers, Without Love; Fleetwood Mac, Bowie, Van Halen, Toto, Beatles, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Hendrix, Elton John, Santana, Pink Floyd5 this band can do it all. I even got up, not on the dance floor, and moved to the beat. If I were sixty years younger and single lol I could be a groupie for this group. They are not only great musicians, but also seem to friends. Forget the rocking seas, the foggy days, the aching back, good music heals all. The little bird lives. It has been identified as a European Robin. Someone reported fresh bird poop so I’m hopeful it will land safely like so many immigrants in the past. Today, the 25th, is sunny with calm seas. Plan to sit on my deck chair and pretend ... read more

We are now on the high seas. Our two ports in Europe, La Harve in France and Plymouth in England started out rainy but cleared up as the days went on. I had planed to explore Devon and experience Devon High Tea but it was a tender port, the seas were rough and my back is aching. So I bailed. Last night I enjoyed a lovely veal chop and capped the evening off listening to the rock group. I so wanted to get up and dance but sanity prevailed. One brave woman got on the dance floor solo and the lead guitarist joined here for a bit. The seas began to get rougher by bedtime. During the night we were rocking and rolling and today there is rain, thunder and high swells. I am thankful for ... read more