Sunday in Syndey

Dinner Saturday night was in the Polo Grill, one of four specialty restaurants on Marina, this one noted as a steak house.  Elaine opted for a special, sea bream, thereby violating one of my cardinal rules: in a steak house, eat beef.  She was not overjoyed with her main course.  I had a delicious rib eye with steak fries and asparagus stalks.  Wonderful.

Sydney in Australia has it’s Opera House; Sydney, Nova Scotia has the world’s largest fiddle.  The fiddle is essential to the good Celtic music in this part of Nova Scotia.  It’s sort of like being in Ireland or Brittany in France.

Sydney is more noted as the launching point for trips to Louisburg Fortress or to the Cabot Trail.  Been there, done that, so we just wandered around town which was conveniently located two minutes from the cruise terminal.  And the weather was brilliant: cloudless sunny blue skies and temperatures in the low sixties.  Great for walking around.

We visited St Patrick’s, a church now converted into a mini museum, and both the Cossit House and the Jost House, period houses now serving as museums.  After overloading on museums, we sauntered down to Governor’s Pub & Eatery where we split some coconut shrimp before both indulging in some delicious seafood chowder.  Elaine had the local lager while Joe had two oatmeal stouts.

Then it was back to the ship for rest, relaxation, snacks, drinks, naps, cocktails, and eventually dinner.

Tomorrow we are in France – well, St. Pierre, just off Canada, but technically a part of France.  Then on to St John’s, Newfoundland on Tuesday.  Then it will be three full days on the Atlantic crossing over to our first European port in Belfast, Northern Ireland.  I should be able to post the next two days; then there will be a hiatus while we are on the high seas.

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