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Conference kaosws::canada

Title:	True North Strong & Free
Notice:	Introduction in Note 535, For Sale/Wanted in 524
Moderator:	POLAR::RICHARDSON

Created:	Fri Jun 19 1987
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1040
Total number of notes:	13668

993.0. "Disasterous trips to Canada" by MINOTR::BANCROFT () Mon May 20 1996 09:39

    Cruise - Portland Maine to Yarmouth Nova Scotia overnight. 
             Overnight in Yarmouth, then Morn cruise back to Portland.
    Got dinner at floating place in Portland basin (former ferryboat).
    Left Portland Maine in the rain 2100 hrs Friday Night, 10 May.
    Moderate sea, no visible seasick passengers.  Visibility was about
    50 yards.  Reasonably comfortable cabin and beds.  Breakfast on
    ship, but sea was building, so ate lightly.  
    Arrived Yarmouth 0800 took shuttle to Rodd Grand Hotel and checked
    in.  Two hour bus tour of area left at 1000.  Interesting view of
    close-in items and fog.  Dinner theater at hotel was "Acadian Night"
    with one semi-pro female singer and 2 sets of kiddy dancers (ages
    6-8 and 13-16) decidedly non-pro.  "Prime Rib" dinner was brown
    beef potroast.  Breakfast at hotel was excellent.
    Reboarded Scotia Prince 0900.  Had day-cabin, and as the rain and
    fog was still with us, slept much of return trip.  At 1600 hrs there
    was a buffet "dinner" which I ate, as I had taken dramamine.  Sea
    was rough and 1/5 of passengers were green and upchucking.
    Portland finally arrived beside the ship at 2000 hrs.  Customs was
    quite fast.  Back at Boston area 2230 hrs.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
993.1		KUTIPS::ROBILLARD		`Tue May 21 1996 11:46`	5
	Sounds like you had a blast! ;^)))) Ben
993.2	reply to reply	MINOTR::BANCROFT		`Tue May 21 1996 14:17`	6
	Prior reply >> Sounds like you had a blast! ;^)))) Only on the fog horn. Think it would be reasonable fun in good weather. It was away from Digital work and away from work on the house and lawn. It could have been worse. It was cheap. It was relaxing.
993.3	another trip story	POLAR::WILSONC	strive to look better naked	`Sat Jun 01 1996 23:19`	37
	may 20 took flight to calgary arrived calgary 1900 2000 flight to edmonton 2100 in buddies car driving down highway he tells me he is leaving wife so we go get drunk. meet people from Barrie Ont. at end of night and they kindly drive us to hotel where we pass out wake up in morning go get car drive to buddies house his wife has left for work so he packs up all his clothes and a few essentials and we head out to provincial park where i will be spending two days and buddy spending ? #days. i wish him luck. left buddy and went downtown edmonton to meet other buddy who is playing Romeo in Romeo and Juliet. the lucky guy is rehearsing with Juliet at the place they are staying (you know what i mean) they guy takes his acting seriously. watch R&J that night then go get drunk with a bunch of egotistical actors, it was fun anyway friday night fly to vancouver saturday climb grouse mountain then go do some more climbing in Squamish. get home sat night totally bagged and go sleepy. sunday go over to island go to long beach, Tofino, and climb a small mountain. Sunday sleepies again. Monday phone other buddy in Vancouver set date for tuesday see buddy tuesday and guess what? he is leaving his wife also. i am feeling partially responsible but i dont know why, this was all news to me. Go out for dinner on my last night (wed) and Japanese dinner partner, (a very beautiful girl named Tsunami, puts her hand on my upper thigh and expresses regret that I was leaving that night. I was regretful also and had she moved her hand one more inch she too would have known the extent of my regret. On plane wed night and sit beside only crying baby on plane. Stewardess tells me there is a open seat at the front and if I wanted to I could take it. I say yes, anything is better than this screaming child. In my new seat i am flanked by two breast feeding women. I am sure the stewardess had a good laugh at that one. why me? arrive home thursday morn, all is calm.
993.4		IROCZ::MORRISON	Bob M. LKG1-3/A11 226-7570	`Wed Jul 03 1996 18:19`	8
	I am relieved. Almost all of the things that went wrong on these two trips could have happened anywhere. My high opinion of Canadian hospitality remains intact. I am, however, concerned about the seasickness on the Scotia Prince cruise. I have had a pipe dream for several years of taking this cruise. The problem, of course, is that you have to book well in advance and can't predict how rough the seas will be. The few times I have been on a boat, I was not seasick, but I don't think I would hold out if there were seasick people around me.