Day 9

September 4, 2009

Saguenay, Quebec

We were the first cruise ship of the year to arrive in Saguenay. We took the Craftsman Road tour. We visited a sheep farm and learned how they made cheese. The sheep were very cute. We also saw lots of cows! Next we visited a soap shop, we were supposed to learn how they use essential oils to make soap... Well...it was deffinately an X-rated demonstration and the guy could write all of those "enlargement" emails we all love to get. The final stop was at a glass blowing workshop. We watched the artist make a blueberry lamp. It was very impressive. All in all, we could tell that we were the first tours of the year and that we had entered a French speaking province. English is very definatly a 2nd language.

The best part of the day was the departure from the city. We were the first cruise ship to use their new port building so there was a huge community turn-out and ceremonies all day. A ocean tugboat lead us out of the harbor with it's fire monitors shooting water.

This tug lead us out of the harbor into the Saguenay fjords.

These sheep were very cute!