A day so nice, I blogged it twice. After a morning underground on Bell Island, we spent the afternoon in St. John's, one of our favourite cities anywhere. It just has character and a special kind of energy.
Stops included the usual visit to Signal Hill and it's commanding panorama of Cape Spear, The Narrows, and the inner harbour, as well as the quaint village around Quidi Vidi Lake. Here lies a small micrbrewery that makes good beer and has for quite some time, but now markets an Iceberg beer - that's right, they catch icebergs and make beer out of the 25,000-year old fresh water.
We also strolled along Water Street and the waterfront, and had a nice lunch at the Yellow Belly brew pub. I had the Fightin' Irish Red, go figure. Knowing we were pushing the time limits on our parking meter, I actually left Jane to pay the bill (neat trick, huh?) while I hastened back to feed the meter. I passed the Bylaw Enforcement official about two cars after he checked the Juke, with no apparent ticket forthcoming. See below.
We ended the day at a nice B&B in Witless Bay, south from St. John's along the shore, with it's offshore ecological reserve. We even met another couple at the B&B on vacation from Collingwood of all places.
St. John's - one hilly town
Nice place for a beverage and some eats
The (in)famous George Street - pretty quiet in early afternoon
When I got back to check the meter.....
Quidi Vidi Lake
More Quidi Vidi beauty
St. John's from Signal Hill
The Narrows, The Battery and a distant Cape Spear
Sunset over Witless Bay
A nice way to end the day
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Money for the meter versus the restaurant bill - Jane got the raw end on that deal lol
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