We Explore Sydney, Nova Scotia

The weather has been almost perfect so far.

Cool and sunny - no rain since Quebec City.

So after another tasty breakfast in the main dining room,  we hopped on a lifeboat (tender in navy jargon) and rode into Sydney.

As soon as we hit land we were surprised to see the World's largest fiddle.

Sixty feet high we were told.

We noticed this food pantry as we walked around the small town.

This old house built in 1787 is a Historic Site and is now a museum.

Downtown we saw interesting murals on some of the public buildings.  The women above reflect the war effort in WWII. (More on that below)

This huge graphic advertises Sydney's relationship with the Atlantic Ocean.

The boardwalk along the port was easy to navigate.  The air was crisp and clear.

Along the Sydney Port was this monument to the Merchant Navy.  The ships in the Merchant Navy supplied Europe with needed supplies during the war.  Many of the MN ships were lost at sea.

This is a left-to-right map of our Holland America voyage route along with the stops we have made, or will make.

Tomorrow is Halifax, NS.

Footnote:  Yesterday on board we rendezvoused  with Mr. DeGraw and his wife.  Dan DeGraw was one of Bill's high school teachers and a friend of Bill's mother.  One of Bill's classmates in Parchment, Shauna Webb Collison, tipped Mr. DeGraw off that we might be on the same cruise and he found us.

We had a great visit up on deck 10 in the Crow's Nest.

Mr. DeGraw was an excellent teacher, and is now a World-wide traveler.

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