Blogs from Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, North America - page 5

To FrederictonBrad and Treena From Charlottetown PEI, to here in Fredericton has been our most consistent biking of the trip. We are consisitently biking 100km day after day, and are now giving ourselves a break. Today is the first day we have had off since we started cycling again from Stephenville. From Charlottetown we rode 60km to the Confederation Bridge. Bikes are not allowed on the bridge, so we had to be shuttled across. There is a toll booth, cameras, traffic workers who think they are cops, its not one of those things where you can just go for it. It is also 12, or maybe 20 km long. We stopped for snacks after the shuttle. and biked another 50 km to where we camped. We had 2 more hugely rewarding days to follow. The first ... read more

I’ve had trouble contacting the hostel in Fredericton to tell them that I wanted to cancel my booking. I’ve tried contacting them all the way back since I was in New York, but all I get is an answering machine with my cell phone number. I’m going to be spending the night at Kryssie’s house after what will be a huge Thanksgiving meal! I wait for a hotel shuttle outside of the Royal York Hotel. There’s a beggar asking for a cigarette, which I don’t have but he also wishes me a nice day. It’s a shame I don’t smoke because I would have given him one after that. He forgets who I am, because about 7 minutes later, he asks me again if I have a spare cigarette. The bus heads out towards Lester ... read more

I like the feeling of this place for reasons similar to why I liked Halifax. It is old, at least old in terms of Canada's history; has a military history that is still displayed; and it has a university right in the middle of the city. I walked through the university grounds and then throughout the city centre, checking out coffee houses and pubs. The slogan of Fredericton is "Let our life flow through you", and I did, on the backs of several pints of good, local beer. The art gallery has as one of its permanent displays, the Krieghoff collection. I've seen prints of his pictures many times, as have most of us, but seeing the original painting of a picture like 'The Toll Gate' stirred my imagination even more. It is a display of ... read more