Friday, November 27, 2009

Brilliant New England

Entering the city at dawn was a beatiful site.
Our pilot boat guided us along the Manhattan skyscape.















The Halifax harbor with lighthouse














The public gardens on Halifax were groomed perfectly and we
all had free time to explore the grounds with time for a coffee as well.















Peggy's Cove in Halifax is one of the most visited villages.
The famous lighthouse is perched high on rocks.















This group really enjoyed days at sea with our cocktail parties
and get acquainted games.















Along the Bay of Fundy in St. John New Brunswick we
happened along a friendly fox who was willing to be photographed.















A lobster village outside of St. John, New Brunswick.
Note the fall colors are just peeking out.















In St. John the ocean tide and the St. John River meet at the famous Reversing Falls.















The Carnival Triumph docked right in the city center of St. John















It was rainy the morning we arrived is St. John. Lots of historic architecture.













































We bribed our driver and guide to stop at this famous Episcopal Cathedral as it was the largest gothic church in the city. Breathtaking, and we were glad we got inside.















On our free Friday we all went different ways to see the sites of New York which were most important to us. Many went to Battery Park to take a ferry to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty.


Several of the group headed right to the Metropolitan Museum of New York to see its famous Egyptian collection and the streets of New York and this famous Tiffany.

Seaport Village NYC

After a long flight, we headed to Manhattan island and lunch in a harbor restaurant. Our guide met us there so we could begin our afternoon tour of the city.

"Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living."
-Miriam Beard-