St. John, NB

St. John, New Brunswick was supposed to be 52 degrees according to the ships messages. Therefore I dressed accordingly. I was too hot all day, except when we could go outside in a breeze. Like Halifax, the port town is far above the water level. Up hill we went. The bay of Fundy really does rise over 20 feet at high tide. We left the ship with a couple we have met from NY—Herb and Debbie Terry. They are fun and seem to like us. We walked through the farmer’s market, an Anglican Church, a police museum and a China shop. We didn’t buy anything but they did. It began to sprinkle and cloud over which was fine with me since I was hot. It felt very good. We had eaten no lunch, so we went to a restaurant so the ladies could have a lobster dish. Evelyn’s was lobster bisque. We just wandered back to the ship and found it much lower in the water than when we left at high tide. We returned at almost low tide. The gangway was at an obscure angle to the pier. We were able to relax a while before going to dinner. We ate at a table for 10 (we usually ask to do this) but were unhappy because it was too large to really get to know anyone. I talked with a couple from Newport and a single lady from Orange, CA while Evelyn talked with 2 other couples from Florida and Indiana/Florida. We left the dinner and went to listen to a couple who played country western music tonight. They will play Neil Diamond tomorrow night. From there we went to the dance company show in the large theater. We didn’t like it much and couldn’t find a good thread in the program, although the dancing was very good. Then we went to a great performance by a black group called “Fire and Ice”. The woman, Rosie, did a great impersonation of Tina Turner. Her body language was perfect and she had a great voice. She had a bottomless supply of energy and had the crowd in awe. I seldom give anyone a standing ovation but did her. We came back to the room and tried to decide what to do in Bar Harbor, Maine tomorrow.