Canada & Greenland - Sydney (Cape Breton), Nova Scotia - August 2022

 Our second stop was Sydney on the east coast of Cape Breton Island. Sydney was Cape Breton Island's colonial capital until the colony merged with Nova Scotia and the capital moved to Halifax. The city was much smaller than Halifax and easy to explore on foot, especially with the cooperation of nice weather when we got on land. 

Arriving in Port of Sydney

The "Big" Fiddle @ the waterfront - View from the ship's dining room.
Cape Breton Island is proud of its Scottish Gaelic/Celtic culture and heritage.

Port of Sydney

Statue of J. F.W. DesBarres, founder of Sydney 1785

The waterfront

Merchant Marine Monument 

In the harbor

St. George's

St. George's Anglican 1785

Former St. Mary church - private residence

"Land of Our Own" monument at the entrance to the Sydney cruise terminal.
William Ernest Brown of Cape Breton, sculptor 

City Hall Building

Former Bank of Montreal - Old Sydney Society's Museum

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United Heritage Church 

St. Patrick's Church

He wanted to give us some bread. Instead he posed for a picture.

Bus stop on a downtown street

 

Canada & Greenland - Halifax, Nova Scotia - August 2022

 Halifax, Nova Scotia: Our first stop was Halifax, the capital of Nova Scotia. **

After a beautiful summer day in New York, the weather deteriorated. It rained our first day at sea.  It continued raining when we reached Halifax.  It was cold and rainy until noon. We went to the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic to get out of the rain.  It's a very interesting museum on the popular waterfront. The main exhibits are the devastated explosion that destroyed the whole town in December 1917 and the Titanic rescue attempts and Titanic artifacts. 

The Statue of Samuel Cunard at the waterfront

Figurehead from a ship

The 1917 explosion

Museum exhibit

The Acadia, part of the museum outdoor exhibit 

HMCS Sackville (K181) ship museum. 

"The Last Steps" Memorial Arch - pays tribute to the departure of the Nova Scotia soldiers to fight in the Great War.

Halifax City Hall

Clock Tower

The fort at Halifax Citadel National Historic Site. We were at the site when the cannon was fired at noon.

Harbor view from the Citadel

View of financial district from the fort

Architecture Building - Downtown Halifax

St. Mary's Cathedral

The Old Burying Ground - Oldest Cemetery in Halifax 

The Old Burying Ground 

The Government House - The oldest official residences in Canada

 

Pacifico Dance club building - former Bank of Commerce, a beautiful Greek Revival style architecture in downtown Halifax.

The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia in downtown Halifax

Halifax waterfront 

The Dockyard Clock @ Waterfront 

Halifax harbor view

Georges Island 

Pier 21 National Historic Site of Canada - An ocean liner terminal and immigration facility from 1928 to 1971. It's now the Canadian Museum of Immigration.

Immigration train - Part of the Museum of Immigration.

Statue of Ruth M. Goldbloom in front of Pier 21

Canada & Greenland Cruise - Leaving New York City - August 2022

 After two years of cancellation, the cruise was rescheduled for August 15, 2022 sailing. The sixteen day journey by sea left New York harbor for three ports of call in Canada: Halifax, Sydney of Nova Scotia, St. and John's of Newfoundland Labrador. And another three in Greenland: Nuuk, Nanortalik and Qoqortog.

An uneventful flight to New York and a forty five minute Uber ride took us to New York harbor (Brooklyn terminal) for our cruise on the Caribbean Princess. 

Brooklyn Bridge

View of Manhatan skyline from the ship

Manhatan skyline

The Statue of Liberty guarding the harbor

On board - the 15th deck

Happy to have Bill and Candy with us on this cruise

The Statue of Liberty glistening from the sunset waiving "goodbye"