We could tell by the flag that we were still in Canada--Halifax, Nova Scotia, to be exact.
Looks like this port also had some big, pink, hop on hop off buses just like our last port.
From the other side of the ship, we could tell we weren't the only cruise ship in that port. As a matter of fact, we ran into someone we knew out sightseeing that had cruised into port on this big ship. It was Steve and Darla Blodgett from our old Ogden 30th Ward.
Big ships--small world!!
This little island with the lighthouse was the most picturesque view from our ship's deck.
While waiting for Nani or Mom and Dad, I'd sometimes entertain myself using a camera and the full-length mirror in our room.
Sarah has pointed out to me time and time and time again that we do not have a full-length mirror anywhere in our home. I didn't realize how nice it is to get a full-length shot of myself when I'm getting ready to go somewhere. It was quite the view that I haven't had since my days back living on 22nd Street in the old Ogden 30th Ward.
Thanks, Mom and Dad, for providing Nani and me with a full-length mirror in our basement bedroom. Wish I had one now...
I got Nani in on the mirror picture-taking action.
Ahhh! Dad and Mom are ready to leave the ship. Here they are standing next to their door, which was next to our door, which also had a tacky "Legacy Family Tree" sign on it. Not only do we flaunt we're into researching our family tree, but Nani and I were frequently seen with a close, living branch of our family tree. And most of the time we even proudly claimed them as our own.
When we first got on the ship, the cabin steward asked if we wanted the adjoining, connecting door between our rooms unlocked. Nani and I exclaimed, vehemently, NO WAY!! That surprised Orwin because he just assumed we would want our Mama (as he always called her) to be able to come and visit whenever she wanted.
We assured him that if we asked our Mama if she wanted the door between our rooms unlocked, she would respond the same way. When Orwin learned that not only was our Mama with us, but also our Daddy, he then understood why we all wanted our privacy.
The tour we chose that day was The Heart of Halifax by Trolley. That was a little deceiving because we didn't really ride in a trolley--it was a bus painted to look like a trolley.
We stopped for a few minutes at the Citadel that is a huge fortress built on top of a big, green, grassy hill which overlooks the harbor and the city of Halifax--complete with its own town clock.
We learned the French word for STOP.
This is our kilt-wearing tour guide who guided us to our next stop--The Fairview Lawn Cemetery, which is the place where the victims of the Titanic are buried. Halifax was the closest major port to the area of the sinking of the Titanic.
Most cemeteries are laid out in straight lines.
The area of the Titanic victims is curved and is designed to look like the shape of a ship's hull. The shipping company paid to have uniform tombstones for each of the victims which gave the number of the order in which the bodies were recovered, the date of death and a name if that was known.
At a later date, some family members have added larger tombstones with more personal information on them.
In the center of the hull is the grave of the unknown child.
It is believed that it was one of the children of Alma Paulson who happened to be buried right across from the child.
Our token changing-of-the leaves tree that we spotted amid all the green.
After our tour of Halifax was completed, we had to walk through a big shopping area to get to the entrance of our ship.
I found a t-shirt I liked. We did hear our fair share of "Eh?" while visiting our neighboring country of Canada.
Nani and Dad found a placemat that showed such beautiful pictures of all the colorful leaves that we were supposed to have been seeing on our trip. Oh, what could have been...
We ate lunch on the ship in the Windjammer, as usual.
Then we walked back out onto land and decided to visit the Public Gardens. There was so much to see and everything was so beautiful!
It is a good thing we took our umbrellas because it was pouring down rain on us.
I think Mom looks like she could be in an advertisement for a raincoat. She looks so cute and stylish posing under her umbrella.
There was a section of the garden that had the most beautiful flowers.
This is some of the food we ate that evening in the dining room.
These are the towel creations that awaited us in our rooms that evening. Dad and Mom's steward, Wendy, had been telling us for days that she was going to fix up the best animal ever.
Dad did love that she positioned his television remote control in the alligator's mouth.
Our show that evening was "Invitation To Dance" by the ship's singers and dancers.
Dad and Mom then called it a night while Nani and I went to the Maharajas Lounge to have some fun.
We wanted to watch the "60 Seconds or Less Game Show".
I caught on very quickly that the tickets with numbers on them that were being passed out to everybody in the room were soon to be the determining factor of who would end up being the contestants on the show.
As this one was handed to me, I told the ticket passer-outer that only one would be needed at our table and this one was going to my sister.
Imagine my total delight when the game had several contestants up there making fools of themselves and then they called...Nani's number!!!! Ha ha ha!!!!
Up she went to meet her opponent and watch her instructions on the screen to figure out what in the world her challenge was going to be.
It was the Vaseline-nose/cotton ball challenge. Both women had to grease up their noses and without using their hands, get as many cotton balls from one container into the other container in 60 seconds.
Nani was a ferocious contender with great greased-nose skills and won her opponent by a long shot.
High five to Nani for being the WINNER!!!!
Congratulations to you, Nani, for not only being very talented, but also for being a very good sport. Your sister was VERY entertained by it all!!!!
And look what a magnificent prize she won for her efforts--a Royal Caribbean cap.
What a wonderful souvenir of the cruise and of her moment in the spotlight winning her challenge!
Go, Nani! Go, Nani! Go, Nani!
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