Today we went on a Segway tour of the city and then went straight to a river
boat tour which went down the Mississippi River to the site of Andrew Jacksons
stand in the Battle of New Orleans.
Segway Tour
After breakfast, we walked to Decatur street where the Segway tour company is
located. We practised riding the Segways in the company’s “office” and then
headed out onto the streets.
Abstract (because I know nobody reads the whole thing anyway)
We flew to New Orleans and walked around the French Quarter.
Today we began another adventure. We began the day in Denver, CO and ended up in
New Orleans, LA (pronounced: naw-lens). My day started at 04:00. Yes, that’s 4
AM. Let’s just say I don’t want to have to wake up at 04:00 again any time
soon.
Today we disembarked from the cruise and went to a few sites in Montreal.
Disembarkation and Arrival at the Hotel
The disembarkation went smoothly and we were able to get a taxi to the hotel
very easily. We were unable to check in to our room, but the hotel stored our
luggage and the concierge gave us some information on where to go to get the hop
on hop off bus of the city.
Quebec City is divided into two parts, the upper town and the lower
town. The dividing line is a tall cliff, so the upper town is literally
above the lower town. The lower town is the part of the town closest to
the water and therefore closest to the place where we docked.
Today we were at sea. I managed to stay fairly busy but it wasn’t a very
exciting day. I played some chess and ping pong and went to the show, but other
than that it wasn’t an interesting day. Tomorrow we are in Quebec City, Quebec,
Canada so it should be more interesting.
Today we went on a car tour through Prince Edward Island and then we walked
around a bit in downtown Charlottetown.
Car Tour
Our guide took us on a large loop around the center of Price Edward Island
(PEI). If you think of the island as a U with the straight parts lopped off but
fat in the middle, you have a pretty good idea of what the shape of the island
is. It takes about 5 hours to drive from one end to the other. We drove around
the right part of the “fat” part of the island. We drove north to the North
Shore then along the shore before curving back around and driving back to
Charlottetown.
Today we went on a bus tour which took us to the Alexander Graham Bell Museum.
Alexander Graham Bell Museum
The Ride to the Museum
On our way to the Alexander Graham Bell Museum, our guide talked about a few
interesting things about Sydney, Nova Scotia, and Canada in general. (He also
said some of this on the ride back, but I’ll just summarise it all here.)
Today we went to the Canadian Immigration Museum and the Halifax Citadel.
Our original plan was to do a Segway tour of Halifax, but because of the
weather, the tour was cancelled. We were very disappointed, but we still had
plenty to do today.
Immigration Museum
The first thing we went to was the Immigration Museum at Pier 21, the main entry
point for immigrants to Canada. Pier 21 was the Ellis Island of Canada. Pier 21
is right next to the cruise port terminal, in fact, we came into Building 22 so
it was super easy to get to the immigration museum. The museum had exhibits on
the history of immigration to Canada, the Pier 21 immigration process and an
exhibit about the sinking of the Empress of Ireland, the worst maritime
disaster in Canadian history.
