To NewYork on the Fung Wah

Yesterday we took the bus from Boston to New York on the Fung Wah bus, which is one of several Chinatown buses. They are called that because they go from Chinatown to Chinatown. It only cost $15 for a four hour bus ride. We got in around noon, checked in and went to Times Square and saw a matinee of Memphis, which is about a white DJ playing black music in the 50's. We enjoyed the show. We then had dinner with Auntie Gim and family. She is now 95 and can still climb the 6 flights of stairs up yo her apartment. Here family thinks all the years of stair climbing has kept her healthy.

Today the weather was drizzly, but that didn't stop us from seeing ground zero, which was under construction, taking the free ferry to Staten Island to see the Statue of Liberty, the Wall St. Bull, Central Park, & the Empire State Building. We had dinner in Little Italy At Di Nicosia, a place that Mary suggested. There were pictures of a lot of famous people that ate there. The people next to us were speaking Italian. But I thought my veal topped with eggplant and cheese was too salty.

Freedom Trail

The cruise ended this morning in Boston. We got off the ship with the last group at 9:30. Mom left her purse in the dining room this morning and had to pick it up before we disembarked. Our hotel is in the theater district which is near Chinatown. We had dim sum for lunch. Each dish was only $2.75. After lunch we took the subway to the north end of the freedom trail, which we didn't get to on our last trip here. We walked all the way back to the hotel and didn't get back until 6:00. For dinner we got a pizza and brought it back to the hotel. It's nice to eat regular food again.



Bunker Hill monument where there was a famous battle.



Paul Revere's house.









Here's mom sitting in the pew in the old north church where Teddy Roosevelt sat in 1912. The reason why the pew is enclosed is to keep the heat in. The had little metal boxes to put hot rocks in. Also people paid for these boxes.

Titanic (Halifax)

Yesterday we were in Halifax. It's about 700 miles from where the Titanic sank and was the recovery center. Of the 1,500 that died, 150 are buried in Halifax. We learned this at the Maritime museum. We had lunch at Indochine, a Vietnamese restaurant. It wasn't very good.

Bar Harbor Maine

We are now back in the USA in Bar Harbor, Maine. It's the summer home of the Rockefeller's and Martha Stewart. The Rockefeller's donated most of the land for Acadia National Park which we visited this morning. I'm sitting in an outdoor cafe having a lobster roll lunch while mom is out somewhere shopping. (I have been waiting for almost an hour and decided to eat on my own. I hope whatever she is buying is worthwhile.) The cruise ends tomorrow in Boston. Last night was steak and lobster night.

Titanic

Halifax, which is where we are now was the recovery center for the Titanic. It's about 700 nautical miles away. 150 people are buried here.

Nova Scotia (New Scotland)

We are now in Sydney, Nova Scotia. It's a small town that used to be based on mining and steel. There wasn't too much to see, (although mom seems to be able to keep occupied looking at the crafts while I sit here in the terminal where they have free Internet) which is good since it is raining today for the first time on the trip. Last night the sea was a little rough, so when you get on shore you feel like you are rocking back and forth.

Prince Edward Island (PEI)

The Province House in PEI is where the founding fathers met in 1864 to decide that Canada should be formed as a nation. Today the province government still meets there.



PEI is also famous for being the inspiration for Anne of Green Gables.



Mom has ordered stuff from this store. Good thing she didn't buy much since we don't have any room at home to put it.



You can go anywhere in the wold and you will find a Chinese restaurant.

"Bus" Cruise to Quebec City

The cruise got off on an unexpected start. A bus. There were record rainfalls before we got here and the St. Lawrence River is too high for the ship to pass under a bridge between Quebec City and Montreal, so we took a three hour bus ride up to Quebec City.

But to look at it in a positive way, the ship wasn't scheduled to depart until 5:00 pm anyway. We arrived in Quebec City early afternoon, so we got on the ship on schedule and arrived in Quebec City a day early. And the sun is shining. A week earlier it would have been raining.

We had lunch and dinner on the ship today. Of course it was good and we were pleased that the proportions weren't too big.

This morning I did Tai Chi and entered the free throw contest. Sorry to say this is the first time I didn't win on a cruise. I doubt that I'll be playing much B ball, since the average age is in the 60's.

We are now in Starbucks using free wifi. We also took a $2 bus tour on the local Eco Bus, which is an electric bus that circulates around town. (Internet cost $12 for 100 minutes on the ship and a tour of the town cost at about $50 if you take an excursion through the cruise. You can't sucker me.)














Chateau Frontenac built in 1883 by the Canadian Pacific RR.





Nothing but net!

Vieux (Old) Montreal

We are now in Vieux Montreal. It has a European feel
especially since people speak French and the architecture. The IPad App that I write the blog on has a feature that tells exactly where you are. We are staying in Casa Mateo which is a Mexican restaurant with an adjacent hotel. The location is perfect since it is right in the heart of Vieux Montreal and within walking distance of the cruise terminal. Since we are in Montreal, we had French food for lunch and dinner. We'll be at sea tomorrow. Next stop Quebec City.



We had lunch here.



You can rent bikes. There are stations scattered around.





Notre Dame Cathedral.



Notre Dame Basilica







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