The view from the sail into St John’s this morning was spectacular!!!! This one certainly one of the most picturesque ports we have sailed into. The sun shone brightly on the cliffs and narrow opening to the harbor as we sailed int. The magnificent lighthouse on the left and Cabot Tower high up on Signal Hill on the left was fabulous. After we docked, I hooked up with a fellow shipmate, Stan, and we headed out to explore St. John’s….. Stan’s last visit here was well over 60 years ago during his Navy days with the Canadian Navy during WWII. I think this trip was better…. Our first stop was high up on Signal Hill where Marconi received the first transatlantic wireless signal. The view was breathtaking. We looked down upon St. John’s beautiful harbor and the lighthouse than adorned the cliffs on the opposite side of the harbor entrance. Magnificent!!! We then walked back into town looking at all the colorful houses and flowers along the way. We checked out the beautiful Roman Catholic Basilica, Basilica of St. John the Baptist, along with St. Andrews and the Anglican Cathedral…. It was a very interesting and colorful walk. We then walked back across town to have a look at the War Memorial. It was a lovely day to stroll around beautiful and quaint St. John’s…
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The pics from yesterday look strangely like our house in Germany and if you look closely the "Vikings" look like Rudy and Michelle at work! We have enjoyed your V of V journey as this was the trip that Rudy experienced on his very first cruise and from then on there was no stopping him. We keep looking forward to a HAL cruise in the near future ......Cheers from Germany and many thanks for your time and energy with the BLOG!
Jeff, I have enjoyed your Maasdam blog very much and have shared those entries that match our ports on the Crown Princess' TA, starting 9/5, with our Cruise Critic Roll Call. People were especially impressed with the pix of St. John's and all that one can see on foot! Your pix of Prins Christian Sund so impressed one CCer that she was moved to call Princess to see if we would be sailing through there. They said "no," but we hope they're wrong!
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