7/18/09

Today Ed and John toured the Russian vessel Kruzenshtern. It was a German 4 mast barque seized by the Russians after WWII. It’s the 2nd largest sailing ship in the world at 376’. They also went aboard the Sagres. A barque out of Lisbon, Portugal. It’s a training ship built in 1937, manned by members of the Portuguese Naval Academy. Toni and I went to the most amazing Farmer’s Market held weekly in the historic Keith’s Brewery building. John and I toured the Eagle, a three mast barque acquired by the U. S. from the Germans after WWII. It is a Coast Guard training vessel operated by 6 Officers and a crew of 49. I walked up to the Province House; Canada’s oldest seat of government. The Nova Scotia legislature has met there since 1819. We met up with the Matt Handyside’s and their boys. They were boarding the Theodore Too, a life size version of the world famous television character. We had lunch with them after their cruise and plan to have dinner with them tomorrow evening at Eric’s