Arrival in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and a flight back to the Netherlands.

Route from Sydney to Halifax

The Maasdam was supposed to have docked in Sydney yesterday but strong currents and wind made docking unsafe.  There are no tugboats in Sydney to help ships, in need, so in the end the cruise ship was turned around and we headed back out to sea, sailing slowly to Halifax.

Judy from Shore Excursions gave me a call to ask me to help with tour brochure collation and folding.  Two others came to help but poor Karen (one of the band member's wives) was not feeling quite herself but after taking a Meclizine tablet for sea-sickness, she started to feel better and was soon back in fine form, helping with the folding.  Judy did the stapling in the print room and the brochures were done very quickly.

In the afternoon I packed and then helped Paul, who has been extremely busy, to pack.  We had dinner later than usual because he kept getting calls.

Mike, one of the doctors, organised 'Games Against Humanity' (a card game) in the Officers' Bar and Marizaan and Linda (nurses) had some nibbles organised.  As the evening went on people came and joined in the game.  It was a lovely evening which ended fairly late, when all the cards had run out.

We didn't expect to sleep in  this morning because Paul is usually up early anyway. The telephone rang around 8.30am but only one ring and then cut off.  We ended up getting up, opening the curtains to bright sunny skies.  We had arrived in Halifax.   

Paul had a few things to do  things this morning, tying up a few loose ends. We said our goodbyes to the on board medical team and anyone else we bumped into.  We had a late lunch after which we disembarked from the ship and waited for the transport to the airport.

Flying to Toronto from Halifax soon!

We eventually made it safely to the airport but it was sod's law that we got stopped at every single red traffic light on the way!  We have checked in now and are waiting for our flight to Toronto.