Montreal and Quebec
Pavilion Jean XXIII is nice. Fr Corso rang at 9 and apologised and we arranged to meet at 8 a.m. Woke early and had breakfast of croissants. Fr Charles very nice indeed – he is from Chicago. He gave us a tour and 2 blessings and I think he liked us. The Beckerath organ is huge and it is a thrill to play. The Bedard and Moore went really well and the Willan and Wyton were fine. Some of the generals seemed not to work but I managed well. We did hear the Casavant briefly before Mass in the crypt. Fr Charles could not have been nicer! Got the car back in time despite heavy rain – we have been so lucky with the weather so far. Taxi to the ship and we were aboard and in our stateroom by midday. Had lunch downstairs and met couples from Chicago (earlier we had met another organist from there as we were leaving St Joseph!) The room is good and this time we are higher in the ship so we have the promenade deck outside our window. Mass at 5 was packed – ended up perched on a mobility vehicle! I...