 Nothing opens your eyes to the beauty of the United States and Canada like approaching their great seaport towns by ship, in the manner of the early explorers.
To see their wharves, fishing fleets, thriving seafood markets and restaurants is to see what was, and in many cases still is, their principal reason for being - their very essence.
This is where our two nations first sprang to life. In Boston, and Portland, Halifax and Quebec City. These cities and many of the small towns that link them along this jagged coastline - with its deep natural harbors and wind-whipped lighthouses - still give you the feeling that whalers and ivory merchants could sail into port at any minute.
To dock here is to open the cover on the New World's history, and begin reading at page one. |