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Good memories
Judith, I love India and reading this and watching your videos brought back some great memories. Thank you.

Strait of Belle Isle
Beautiful picture of the Strait of Belle Isle looking back at St Barbe. The scene looks almost surreal.

Boy, I'll say you had a busy day - and a well-researched one, too, it would appear, to take in two good tours. And maybe some sensible opportunism (in the good sense) in choosing where to eat dinner. Great shots, especially of the cathedral's interior. I wonder if Jane ever dreamt about what her place would be in literary history?

Better living through chemistry
Yes, modern drugs are marvellous. I wonder how seasick-prone travellers survived on those early (and slow) sailing ships, across a whole ocean. Great shots from your final day there - an odd feeling, is it not, to hit that age at which the "last" things start to appear?

A full day
You made the most of your time in St. John's, that's for sure. I couldn't believe what you saw before lunch! And you took some great photos as well.

Jelly beans and murals
Great shot of the mural on the retaining wall, topped by the jelly bean houses. I didn't know it was boat paint - the cost of wandering by oneself! But I share the experience of getting lost in St. John's - built as a network of roads radiating out from the harbour, there's nary a square grid to be found. Quite a challenge for someone born and raised in the West . . .

Tourism Economics
Our central-Canada born-and-bred neighbours winter in Ottawa and summer in their Newfoundland cottage. Maybe Michael's hope wil be realized. These towns are quite delightful: I hope they survive somehow, too. Great shots of Salvage harbour and crab traps, BTW, and nice perspective on the mussel lines.

Blue-green with envy
I envy you your sunlit traverse of Western Brook Pond. When we were there, the cloud layer was so low we couldn't see the tops of some of the cliffs, and the whole scene was grey. We also enjoyed the energy of the performers at Cow Head itself. And I laughed when I read about potatoes and turnips - the staple vegetables! Thanks for the memory refresher.

Thanks for the peek
I almost feel as if I was on that trip - maybe especially because I've considered it. I agree that it's nice to have the last day be a touring day - so often it's just the drudgery end of the travelling.

Rhythm and those pesky Polynesians
Per the Easter Island connection - My reading for our trip to NZ/Aus has given me a new perspective on the Polynesians (not hard, as I hardly had one before, beyond a vague sense of ridiculously beautiful people) as the most widely dispersed people on the planet. Apparently they traveled truly amazing distances across boundless oceans in little wee canoes while Europeans were still hugging coastlines. So there. And how nice to dance with someone who gets it - and gets that we don't, so much. Sounds like a delightful trip.