We Explore Old Quebec and Board our Ship

On Sunday, September 15, we had some time to kill before we could check into our cruise ship so we saw a few sights like the rest of the tourists as we roamed the town.

Even on a Sunday morning the streets were full of people and the cafes and restaurants were bustling with busy cheerful people.  We had lunch at a small restaurant and the food everywhere is excellent.

At the boardwalk (I will skip the French names - Eleanor forgive me) we saw the statue of Samuel Champlain, the city founder, and this gigantic building that we will call the Fairmont.

 The shops were old and Karen was ready to explore.

We could see the ports in the distance and our ship is the one on the left.  Our ship, The Zuidedam, holds 1900 passengers so we can only imagine how many the Royal Caribbean ship, Adventure of the Sea, next to it holds!

About 2 PM we grabbed a taxi, went through more security checkpoints and boarded our ship.

This grain elevator near our ship was at least a quarter of a mile in length and the largest we had ever seen.

This is what Old Quebec City looks like from the balcony of our cabin.  It is a neat place to visit and the French-speaking residents were great to work and do business with.

Here is another mammoth cruise ship in port.  See how it dwarfs the buildings in front of it.
We choose Holland America partially because its ships are smaller and a bit more reasonable to understand and navigate.

Tonight we sail after our mandatory passenger emergency "muster" drill.  We are still having issues with Verizon here in Canada so we do not know when we will post our next update to this blog.
Wish us luck as we struggle with these new modern communications in a foreign country.
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