We Visit Saint John

Saint John, New Brunswick.

This day began early. Ken was looking out the balcony doors around five trying to figure out why the Brier Island Light was not flashing. Well it turned out that the ship was not in the exact position he thought it was at that precise moment.

Our sail in and docking was beautiful and we enjoyed it. When we got all tied up I looked and there was the Seven Seas Mariner again. She has been shadowing us ever since we left New York. She is a smaller ship and someone said she is a condo ship. But whatever she is we are glad she is smaller. It makes for crazy crowds when you have several large ships in the same port at the same time.

I remembered to put our flag our on our balcony railing right away this morning. I have been forgetting it until our return on the other ports.

Because we were exploring on our own there were not time constraints so we decided to have breakfast in the dining room this morning. I must say it was not all that great this morning, an exception to be sure.

We made our way ashore and we explored the craft tent. I must say it was not as good as the one in Sydney used to be. There were more setters than crafters which was a disappointment. I sure hope the Sydney craft market has not changed.

They had volunteers to greet us and give us maps and directions to whatever we wanted to see. Some persons were in costume and it was great.

Then we walked a little way uptown and looked in one of the malls where we bought provincial pins of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

 Then made our way back to the ship. I was walking without the help of bandages and I decided not to push it too much. Ken got pictures of the Saint John harbour light and a breakwater light. We will be counting them because he was up close even though I was not.

See how hilly this city is!!

 The weather was wonderful and the sun was shining so Ken decided to get some sun from the balcony. We both spent time there enjoying having a balcony to use.

This was another wonderful day and tomorrow we are in Halifax.

Did you know???

In order to differentiate it from St.John’s  NFLD the Saint part of the name is always written out.

Saint John’s King Street is the steepest street in Canada. Over the distance of 2 city blocks the street rises 80 feet, roughly the height of an eight story building.

The American revolutionary traitor Benedict Arnold lived in Saint John from 1787 t0 1791.

Saint John native Thomas Campbell invented the combined hot and cold water faucet in 1880.

The world’s longest covered bridge was completed in 1899. It is 1282 feet long and it spans the Saint John River