Day 21 - 08/23/22 - St. Pierre & Miquelon

 Today we visited the third new country for us on this voyage: St. Pierre & Miquelon.  It's a group of 3 major islands that are nestled below Newfoundland.  They are not part of Canada, are French speaking and heavily subsidized by France. It's France's toehold in the Western Hemisphere.

 

We tendered to shore and did a 10 minute walk to the ferry dock where we had a chartered passenger ferry to Sailor Island. This small island was once home to  the fishing industry and cod fish were dried on the island.  The island now is an open air museum with well curated paths, houses and other buildings, and signage.   We spent a couple hours there before taking our chartered ferry back to St. Pierre.

 

Back at the dock we walked to the nearby park and boarded a chartered coach for a couple hour island tour.  After the tour we walked around the town and chatted with Ann & Frank a bit before walking back to the tender area.  There we listened to some local musicians and enjoyed some tapas while waiting for one of the last tenders.

 

Back on board I went to the Crow's Nest to download pictures and watch the sail away.

Dinner was in the Lido, and the evening entertainment was Jamila.  After the show we retired to the stateroom to watch the conclusion of 'The Grand Seduction'. 

 

Tomorrow is a sea day and it's going to be a very full day.

 

 

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