Blogs from Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada, North America - page 10

We enjoy a luxurious sleep-in this morning. We don't even leave the hotel until 11:00. We cruise down Water St. We elect to have brunch at Yellow Belly, where we have eaten before. Fantastic burgers. Vi has the one with beef and pulled pork that I enjoyed previously, and I have a lamb and pork burger Greek-style. Next is a revisit to Nonia, a store that features hand-knitted goods. Vi makes some purchases that she is very pleased with. Given that we have a free day in St. John's, we have decided to spend the afternoon at the Memorial University Botanical Gardens near Pippy Park. I haven't talked yet about driving in St. John's. A map of the city's roads looks like you took a piece of glass and let it drop flat to the floor. ... read more

An absolutely beautiful morning here in Deer Lake. Warm and sunny, and the strong winds of yesterday have moderated into a pleasant breeze. Forecast high is 20°. Holiday Inn breakfast. I'm sure most people have had at least one of these in their lives. It fills the void, anyway. And we're off on the eastward trek back to St. John's along the TCH. The aim is to go as far as we can/want and then see whether we will have time for other excursions. The fact we have already made it to Deer Lake is a plus. A ways out of Deer Lake, we pass the town of Howley. Our friend Andrea has roots here and so we give it a salute as we drive past. Andrea tells us that this was where moose were introduced ... read more

This was a detour we took we took from St. john's to Channel-Port Aux Basque. The Viking Trail takes you to L'Anrse aux Meadows where the Vikings first landed. On the way to L'Anrse we passed through Gros Morne National Park. Enjoy the pictures!... read more

Here we are on our final days on the most eastern point of Canada. We visited Signal Hill, the Geo Centre, Cape Spear again for the second time to pick even more blueberries and went downtown for a authentic Irish/Newfoundland East Coast Supper. We cracked and booked a hotel for a night at the Super 8 and was nice sleeping in a bed again since New Brunswick. We then travelled the Viking Trail and visited L'Anrse aux Meadow where the Vikings first landed as well as travelled through Gros Morne National Park. The Viking Trail will have to be a separate blog post since we got a bunch of great shots.... read more

We awake to a sunny but windy day in Twillingate, with many clouds in the sky, some threatening. It's rained at some point in the night and the temperature is noticeably cooler. We check out of the hotel, then tour Twillingate. The original name of the town, by the way, is Toulinguet. It was so named by the French because the rugged coastline reminded them of this area in Brest. But Toulinguet did not trip lightly over the English tongue and Twillingate is the result. We visit the Twillingate Museum, lovingly put together and maintained by community volunteers in the former Anglican rector's house. It's well worth the visit, with many interesting stories to piece together from the displays. One of these is the life of Georgina Stirling, born in Twillingate, who became a world-renown operatic ... read more