Day 45
October 14, 2019
HAMILTON, BERMUDA
Imagine in the middle of this photo the Viking Sun docked beside a main avenue in downtown Hamilton.
Today is Thanksgiving in Canada. As you might have expected, I have a song for this auspicious occasion. Tim Harrison, a Gabriola Island resident has written and sings "Song of Thanksgiving".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SkkioBxJ2M
The eponymous song from Tim's album "Wheatfield with Crows" is so fine that it is worth a place here. It is dedicated to the international volunteers who fought in the Spanish Civil War against the Fascists. One of my favourites (the song, not the war).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SkkioBxJ2M
We should also be thankful because during a lull between the speeches at a recent Parliament Hill Correspondent's dinner, Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau leaned over to chat with Harjit Sajjan, Minister of Defence. "Ya know, I bought Justin a parrot for his birthday" she said, "and the bird is so smart, Justin has already taught him to pronounce over two hundred words!" "Wow, that's impressive," said Harjit, "but, you do realize that he just speaks the words, He doesn't really understand what they mean." "Oh, I know," Sophie replied, "Neither does the parrot."
The internet says that the best snorkeling in Bermuda is at Tobacco Bay in St George's at the north tip of the island. So that's where we went to read, swim, snorkel and lunch. The water was about 75 degrees - thank you Gulfstream. There were plenty of fish to see but few species - the exemption was the nameless 2-inch silver guys - there were literally billions of them. This was a fine introduction for our pale bodies to the full sun.
As the Sun departed Hamilton we passed the Disney Magic which was moored where the large ships dock, the Royal Naval Dockyard. Off we sailed into the sunset on a smooth sea for two days. I will combine those days into a single blog.
HAMILTON, BERMUDA
Imagine in the middle of this photo the Viking Sun docked beside a main avenue in downtown Hamilton.
Today is Thanksgiving in Canada. As you might have expected, I have a song for this auspicious occasion. Tim Harrison, a Gabriola Island resident has written and sings "Song of Thanksgiving".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SkkioBxJ2M
The eponymous song from Tim's album "Wheatfield with Crows" is so fine that it is worth a place here. It is dedicated to the international volunteers who fought in the Spanish Civil War against the Fascists. One of my favourites (the song, not the war).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SkkioBxJ2M
We should also be thankful because during a lull between the speeches at a recent Parliament Hill Correspondent's dinner, Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau leaned over to chat with Harjit Sajjan, Minister of Defence. "Ya know, I bought Justin a parrot for his birthday" she said, "and the bird is so smart, Justin has already taught him to pronounce over two hundred words!" "Wow, that's impressive," said Harjit, "but, you do realize that he just speaks the words, He doesn't really understand what they mean." "Oh, I know," Sophie replied, "Neither does the parrot."
The internet says that the best snorkeling in Bermuda is at Tobacco Bay in St George's at the north tip of the island. So that's where we went to read, swim, snorkel and lunch. The water was about 75 degrees - thank you Gulfstream. There were plenty of fish to see but few species - the exemption was the nameless 2-inch silver guys - there were literally billions of them. This was a fine introduction for our pale bodies to the full sun.
As the Sun departed Hamilton we passed the Disney Magic which was moored where the large ships dock, the Royal Naval Dockyard. Off we sailed into the sunset on a smooth sea for two days. I will combine those days into a single blog.
I think your fish are silver dollars (used to have them in my tropical aquarium). Cliff
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ReplyDeleteHi, John and Karen. Having been wireless free for the last couple of weeks, I've missed reading your blog but got caught up today. We were lucky to avoid the worst of super typhoon Hagibis but the waves were over 8 metres and the winds exceeded 100 knots. As a result we missed 2 ports in Japan as the ship had to take shelter on the westcoast of Japan. We can say that we have circumnavigated Japan. Holland America handled the logistical problems, and looked after their guests, extremely well.
ReplyDeleteJapan quickly got back to normal and there were no delays on the way to the airport or for our flight.
Carry on cruising, what an experience you are having.
Gordon