We chose the cruise hoping to see fall foliage in New England and Quebec. While the foliage was nice, the highlights of the trip involved the fall weather and the "stern and rockbound coast". Two of the ports of call were Halifax and Sydney, NS, the starting points for the WWI and WWII convoys to Europe. Both waterfronts have memorials commemorating the Battle of the North Atlantic. The next two days were spent working northward to the Gulf of St. Lawrence in a full gale (61 mph sustained winds, 101 mph highest gust, 21 ft seas). The ship and crew handled the situation wonderfully, the view of the sea was spectacular, and we ended up with a much deeper appreciation for those mariners, both naval and merchant, who fought the Battle of the Atlantic. That wasn't in our plans, but the cruise was much more memorable because of the storm. The Saguenay fiord is also drop dead gorgeous! We arrived in a snowstorm which just emphasized the sheer scale of the water, cliffs, and mountains. This whole experience was unique and different from what it would have been in the summer time. Captain Borg and his crew are an amazing team.