Sydney, Cape Breton Island

It was a cool 9 degrees, windy and steady rain when we stepped ashore. But that wasn’t going to stop us as we did a very short historic self-guided walk. There wasn’t much to see. So we headed to a nearby pub that I had read about to dry off and to get warm.....the Governor’s Pub. We were able to get a table at the bar on the second floor despite it being packed with mostly tourists. We ordered regular poutine and lobster poutine since poutine is a traditional food here as well as in Quebec. The locally brewed beer and wine was also good. We really enjoyed the local musicians, a fiddler and guitarist, who played Celtic music. The guitarist and several locals got up and took turns jigging. Eventually we had to head back out into the pouring rain and back to the ship. Despite getting soaked through all our layers of clothing we had a very fun afternoon.Read more