Category: Canada and Greenland

Today, we arrived in Montreal, the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec, the second largest city in Canada and the eighth largest city in North America. It is also the second largest primarily French speaking city in the world, after Paris. With no tour escorting duties again, my plans were pretty much the same as for Quebec; a...

Today, we arrived in Quebec City. With no classes to run and no excursions to escort, I had the whole day to myself… luxury! After a leisurely breakfast, I headed ashore for a look around, and very much liked what I saw… Quebec, the capital city of of the Canadian Provence of Quebec, is a city like any other, with...

Today was a sort of a sea-day; a river-day, if you will. We’ve been cruising down the river, on our way towards our next stop, Quebec City, and it’s been a bit on the murky side. There were several Pool Deck activities planned for this section of our voyage, but unfortunately they had to be abandoned due to inclement weather....

Today, we arrived in French-speaking Gaspè, or to be more precise; we dropped anchor in The Bay of Gaspè. Anyone wishing to go ashore had to take a tender boat. It wasn’t a half-day; we’d arrived at around 7:30am and would be leaving at 7pm. I was on tour this afternoon; my instructions were to be on the quayside at...

Today, we arrived in Charlottetown, on Prince Edward Island, home to Lucy Maud Montgomery’s fictional heroine, Anne of Green Gables and the honeymoon destination of our own Kate and Wills. It was another half-day, and once again, I was escorting an excursion; today’s was ‘Scenic Drive and Confederation Bridge’. While we were waiting on the quayside for the passengers to...