It was misty, damp and
cold but it’s such a pretty town and many people went ashore. We really enjoyed
the quiet today: I was able to get the internet done in peace, while Graham
could walk around and about within my vision without any problem.
I’ve added a couple of
nice pics of Sitka. The town has a strong Russian Orthodox history, with a
cathedral that was burnt out in the early 19th Century by the
Tlingit people and then rebuilt. The congregation saved many of the priceless
old icons.
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There are always lots of
raffles running on the ship. It’s free but you just have to go to a sometimes
boring presentation and be there if they pull out your ticket. This afternoon
we went to the shopping promotion for Ketchican tomorrow and I won the raffle!
A bling keyring from one of the local jewellers.
This evening we’re going
to the latter half of the concert but we won’t sit in our second row seats this
time because we need to be at the Captain’s cocktail party as close as possible
to 7.15. However, we do want to catch Legacy Five again. They’re involved with
tribute concerts to the Cathedrals. Their bass singer is so good and he told us
that we should try to get to Texas in November for a big Cathedrals reunion
(it’s just around the corner from Sydney, right?)!
Today we had to complete
documentation for Canadian Border Services; we’ll only be in Victoria, BC for
about 5 ½ hours on Saturday but that’s still setting foot in Canada and we
could escape!
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