Louisbourg, September 4, 2013

Got up late and saw land so I had breakfast and went up on deck to see the ship arrive in Sydney....there are some pretty farms on the hillsides leading into the port , passed the CN Marine docks and the ship backed into the slip at the "Big Fiddle". We saw a bald eagle perched on one of the pilings and he stayed there for at least five minutes while the ship maneuvered. Later another passenger said that he saw the same bird there last week when the ship stopped in. There is free wifi at the pier but it gets overloaded so you are better to go to Tim Hortons or Canada Post for Service. I met out tour conductor, Anna Marie at the Pier for the trip to The Fortress of Louisbourg. On the drive into the site the fog got thicker and I was concerned that the day might be a disappointment. They clearly get a lot of fog there and you can see moss growing high on the trunks and branches of the evergreen trees. The park is impressive and the fog actually made it seem more real The Bastion and Governor's Apartments seem to dominate the area. One thing I noticed is that the doors of the buildings do not open to the streets, you enter a yard through a side gate and then go around to the back of a house to enter it. I wish that I had another two hours to see the park. Sydney itself is a neat little city and serves as a nice entry point to Cape Britain.

Governor's Apartments and Bastion at the Fortress of Louisbourg