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Sunday – August 6, 2017<\/p>\n

I had trouble sleeping last night because the ship pitched and rolled as it crossed into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence on its way from Sydney, Nova Scotia to Corner Brook, Newfoundland. \u00a0This morning the sun was shining brightly at 7:40 AM and it was a brisk 59 degrees. \u00a0According to the captain\u2019s log, we\u2019ve traveled 905 nm since leaving Boston.<\/p>\n

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Corner Brook, located on the western side of Newfoundland, is the second largest city after St. Johns\u2019 with a population of about 22,000 people. \u00a0The Rotterdam was docked when I awoke and outside our balcony there was a new multi-level apartment complex. \u00a0The city looked prosperous probably due to the large paper mill just off our starboard bow. \u00a0When the wind shifted, pungent odors wafted over the ship from the mill\u2019s smoke stacks.<\/p>\n

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After breakfast, Jeff and I were walking down the gangplank at 9:20 AM. \u00a0Recorded Celtic folk music played a welcome song as passengers disembarked. \u00a0At the end of the dock there was a woman sitting on a bench holding the leash of a huge black dog, a \u2018Newfie\u201d or Newfoundland Retriever, named Satchie. \u00a0They have been greeting passengers for many years.<\/p>\n

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The city was built on hills rising above the harbor, so we were glad to catch a school bus shuttle into the main part of town. \u00a0The driver took the long way around Corner Brook giving us a scenic tour and then let everyone out near Village Hall. \u00a0Local people had set up tables outside and were selling a variety of arts and crafts.<\/p>\n

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We hadn\u2019t booked an excursion because they didn\u2019t interest us. \u00a0We looked up the main street. \u00a0It was Sunday and most of the stores were closed. \u00a0I suggested a walk to Tim Horton\u2019s to take advantage of their wifi. \u00a0This chain is the Canadian version of our Dunkin\u2019 Donuts but with better coffee. \u00a0We had a couple of \u201cTimbits\u201d and coffee while I checked my email and wrote to my family again. \u00a0There wasn\u2019t much to do in Corner Brook, although people greeted us and locals said \u201cWelcome\u201d as they passed us on the street.<\/p>\n

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We rode the shuttle back to the ship and ate a light lunch in the Lido Cafe. \u00a0Our cabin happens to be across the hall from one of the few Laundry Rooms on board. \u00a0Lucky me! \u00a0So I did a quick wash & dry during lunch. \u00a0In the afternoon, we had time to explore and take photos of some of the authentic art objects displayed all over the ship. \u00a0The Rotterdam is the flagship of the fleet and proudly exhibits its museum quality art collection.<\/p>\n

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By 2:00 o\u2019clock in the afternoon, the temperature was a comfortable 75 degrees with the sun peeking out from behind clouds. We relaxed for the afternoon and at some point went up to the \u201cCrow\u2019s Nest\u201d for a Trivia game. \u00a0We didn\u2019t lose too badly and it was fun!<\/p>\n

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The ship pulled away from the dock punctually at five o\u2019clock. \u00a0We went up to one of the top decks and watched the men on shore cast off the lines. \u00a0The Rotterdam blasted its horn and we were sailing away from Corner Brook. \u00a0The weather was beautiful so we sat for a while to watch the beautiful scenery of Newfoundland pass by.<\/p>\n

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We had pizza and salad for supper at the \u201cNew York Pizza\u201d station. \u00a0It was decent pizza, but it definitely was NOT New York pizza! \u00a0Not even close to the \u2018olive oil dripping down my hand and arm\u2019 New York pizza of my youth! \u00a0It was pizza at sea!<\/p>\n

We kept ourselves busy with several activities: blogging, trivia contests, walking around the ship, etc. \u00a0And time moved quickly. \u00a0Later at night, we stopped by the B. B. King Blues Club to hear some music. \u00a0At ten o\u2019clock, we went to the second show of the Not Really Three Tenors comedy act with singing. \u00a0They were two tenors and a baritone and they were funny and very good singers!<\/p>\n

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Sunday – August 6, 2017 I had trouble sleeping last night because the ship pitched and rolled as it crossed into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence on its way from Sydney, Nova Scotia to Corner Brook, Newfoundland. \u00a0This morning the sun was shining brightly at 7:40 AM and it was a brisk 59 degrees. \u00a0According […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-canada","category-cruising"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11981"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13364,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11981\/revisions\/13364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}