Day 26
September 25, 2019
SEA DAY
We are travelling up the Saint Lawrence River. There are no swells on the river, so the ship is quite stable and passengers no longer need to hold onto the railings as they get around.
Today was lobster day at the World Cafe. Diners lined up early and the lines were long. More precisely, these were lobster tails and they were not the size we are accustomed to. They were baked and only about five inches in length, and ready to peel out of their shells. There was plenty to go around, so I guess tomorrow we will be offered lobster bisque. Incidentally, there is always king crab available at lunch - it, too, is prepared to be easily forked out of its shell. The quality and variety of food being served on the Viking Sun is the best we have ever encountered on our cruises.
This afternoon our duplicate bridge group played its last session. My east-west partner, Bill Founde, late of Port Angeles and now living in Texas, and I came in first during our first three sessions. Today we came in second due to a major faux pas by yours truly. Duplicate bridge is only played during sea days, as most passengers are taking excursions during stops on land. Our next sea day is October 2nd.
The sauna on this ship is similar, though larger, to the one I built in the basement of our home in Oakville Ontario. The sauna temperature here is governed so that old folks don't overdo it. Still, if you spend enough time in the sauna it does the job. I left the sauna sweating and, out of curiosity, decided to try out the cold pool whose water temperature is just above freezing. I could only force myself to get in as far as my waist and lasted less than a minute. By comparison the Snow Grotto is a breeze, several minutes easily.
Tomorrow we go up the Saguenay fiord, an area we did not explore when we lived in Montreal in the 1970s.
SEA DAY
We are travelling up the Saint Lawrence River. There are no swells on the river, so the ship is quite stable and passengers no longer need to hold onto the railings as they get around.
Today was lobster day at the World Cafe. Diners lined up early and the lines were long. More precisely, these were lobster tails and they were not the size we are accustomed to. They were baked and only about five inches in length, and ready to peel out of their shells. There was plenty to go around, so I guess tomorrow we will be offered lobster bisque. Incidentally, there is always king crab available at lunch - it, too, is prepared to be easily forked out of its shell. The quality and variety of food being served on the Viking Sun is the best we have ever encountered on our cruises.
This afternoon our duplicate bridge group played its last session. My east-west partner, Bill Founde, late of Port Angeles and now living in Texas, and I came in first during our first three sessions. Today we came in second due to a major faux pas by yours truly. Duplicate bridge is only played during sea days, as most passengers are taking excursions during stops on land. Our next sea day is October 2nd.
The sauna on this ship is similar, though larger, to the one I built in the basement of our home in Oakville Ontario. The sauna temperature here is governed so that old folks don't overdo it. Still, if you spend enough time in the sauna it does the job. I left the sauna sweating and, out of curiosity, decided to try out the cold pool whose water temperature is just above freezing. I could only force myself to get in as far as my waist and lasted less than a minute. By comparison the Snow Grotto is a breeze, several minutes easily.
Tomorrow we go up the Saguenay fiord, an area we did not explore when we lived in Montreal in the 1970s.
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