Money laundering

If I spent 70 USD, that I bought when the Canadian dollar was equal to 1.05 USD, and won 77 USD on the slot machines,  when the American dollar is worth 1.25 CAD, does a tree fall in the forest?

For Wickie

Guess where we are today!

Nova Scotia

In Halifax yesterday.  Without any pre-planning, we called our friends, Leslie and Bill, who dropped everything to meet us for a drink.  Nice visit!

In Sydney today.  Lovely harbour walk.

Popcorn in the bed

Stayed up late, very late, last night watching the first US presidential debate.

Ahhhhhhh  ...  nice to be Canadian   ...

Lobster rolls

It was the perfect fall day in Saint John.   The air was crisp, the sky was blue, and our dear friends, Linda and Brian, met us at the dock.

Linda and I went to high school together,  but in different grades, and met up at our high school reunion several years ago.   Since then we've cruised with her and Brian a couple of times and, it looks like, maybe a couple more in the future.

Linda and Brian drove us out to St-Andrews-by-the-Sea to a restaurant they knew that made the best lobster rolls.  No disagreement here!  (Tom says that the rhubarb pie was pretty fine, too ...)

Bar Harbor

We almost didn't go into Bar Harbor this morning.   We've been there before, and my recollection of it was a steep uphill street full of t-shirt shops.  Besides which, it was only 6C, and there was a north wind blowing.  But I was trying to get in touch with a friend to arrange our get together in Saint John tomorrow, and had no cell service on the ship, so onto the tender we went.

We had discussed the need for gloves and toques, but decided they weren't necessary.  We were wrong - it was freezing!  So we hightailed it up that steep street, past all the tourist traps, around the corner and out of the wind.   What a great decision that turned out to be!   It was sunny and warm(er), I got cell service, and there was the most fabulous store  ...

We left with a much more favourable impression of Bar Harbour, a bag full of linens, and a date for tomorrow.

Boston

Much different weather today in Boston from that in Newport yesterday:  had to dig out the long pants and sweaters. 

There was a great outdoor market on the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway that occupied quite a bit of our time (and, we must confess, we made several purchases there), before we wandered over to the Faneuil Hall and Quincy Marketplace  (where we bought nothing!).