24th October 2016. Cruising the St.Lawrence River. A sea day.

The evening had been a little rough as the ship cruised from Quebec City down the St.Lawtence to eventually arrive in Sydney, Nova Scotia tomorrow morning at 8.00pm.  So today will be the first sea day with morning lectures on the history of bith Quebec City, then moving on to Nova Scotia and a detailed historical presentation of the role of icebergs in the collision and sinking of the luxurious cruise ship "the Titanic".  This was interesting because on a previous visit on Sea Princess we had visited the cemetery where crew and passengers from that tragedy were buried. 

But let he briefly recount the difficulties of the night with the ship rolling slightly and Nancy people experienced sea sickness and movement sickness.  We also had drama at 4.30am with an emergency alarm and a fear of a fire in the second engine room, but the captain shortly advised us that there was a steam leak which had activated an emergency alarm, which the crew had reacted to quickly and efficiently, and the steam leak was monitored and fixed inside 2 minutes.  But it did give us a fright.  It was the talk of the ship over breakfast and all morning at the range of activities.

The Captain, who we would become familiar with as an open and friendly leader, then gave a detailed update at his daily 12.00pm briefing. 

The afternoon led to a movie, then an afternoon tea at 4.00pm where we met Corey and Shawn Tennant with whom we are doing excursions over the next 2 -3 days.  The afternoon tea is superb, with all the refinement of a "high tea".

Then a change for pre dinner drinks and dinner in the Grand Dining room, followed by the first of the 4 production shows. 

A really enjoyable day at sea, where we met new friends.