Almost the end of the trip. I have gotten behind in my blogging here. So I shall do a quick catch up:
26) We arrived in St. Johns around noon. It was just plain strange to see Canada as a tourist. What a wonderful sight Petro Canada was!! And our flag and the big words Canada on a government building near the pier. We got off and walked around this most charming little city. The buildings are all painted bright colours and the streets are hilly and old. We dipped in and out of little stores and coffee shops and ran into lots of people we know from the ship. It was a delightful day and an easy one. We bought some pricey things in one of the shops, and I was worrying out loud about our tax free limits etc…when Bill suddenly exclaimed, “but this is Canada…it doesn’t count! We can spend as much as we want!” Jeez, we had to laugh.
27) Day at sea, and at this stage of the game…tiresome. At this stage of the trip we now know people. So, you can’t walk anywhere without having to stop and talk talk talk. We have met this one guy, not that old, a retired pilot. He flew the big big planes for American Airlines. This guy is so full of himself I want to slap him. And he tells endless bad jokes. And he is the kind of guy that will NOT laugh at your jokes. We run into him constantly and now he seeks us out to sit with us at breakfast, lunch, dinner, the shows, the cafe, you name it. Hes that guy that does all the trivia games, does the tell a joke night, does karaoke, actually has brought the outfit for line dancing night, doesn’t have a wife, and his you know what doesn’t stink. Bill and I now spend a lot of our time hiding in our stateroom. Its just easier.
28) Halifax….I wanted to go to a fat lady store. We have been to Halifax before so we didn’t feel the need to do a tour. I phoned Monte, woke him up, and had him google my favourite fat lady store…Additionelle/Penningtons and tell me the address and mall it was in. We got off the boat around nine thirty, got a taxi, paid him to give us a one hour tour and then drop us off at the mall. We ran around the mall for a while then I popped into the store while Bill went to Walmart. I got exactly what I was looking for!! We went to Tim Hortons and had a coffee and caught a taxi back to the ship.
Tonite we wanted to go to the show. They had brought on the actress/singer that played Christine in Phantom of the opera for many many years on Broadway. We made sure we timed it so that we sat beside Esther in the front row, no room for annoying pilot guy. But he sat right behind us, and tapped us on the shoulder four hundred times. SHUUUUUT UUUUUUPPPPP!!!!! LEAVE US ALONE!!!!!!!!! * whimper whimper*
The singer was amazing and so entertaining. Tonite there is a Dutch Chocolate Buffet but pilot is going so we are going to skip it. Besides I have another hair appointment at 8 in the morning. (what was I thinking “sigh”) I think this will be the last entry until 9/11…unless something happens again tomorrow…afterall it is a sea day TTYL
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