Tuesday, August 01, 2006
St. John's Newfoundland
We arrived in St. John's early afternoon on Sunday. Out of a total Newfoundland population of 500,000, St. John's has 100,000 and a 150,000 more live within 100 miles of the city. Sunday afternoon, Carol and I explored downtown and are dinner at our first Tex-Mex restaurant since Kentucky.
Monday was a bright, sunny day. A bus tour included Signal Hill, a promontory overlooking the narrow entrance to the St. John's harbor. We subsequently learned (today at the Geo Center) that the rock at Signal Hill is 500 million years old -- 450 million years older than the Rocky Mountains. The tour also included Cape Spear, the easternmost point in North America -- closer to Italy than California. A bird/whale watching tour in the afternoon produced thousands of puffins, kittiwakes, and herring gulls, and one Minke whale.
Today (Tuesday) was a free day. After and finding a real shopping mall, Carol and I visited the Geo Center and returned downtown for a late lunch at Jungle Jims, a Canadian version of Bennigans or Applebys. Found WiFi access in a parking lot at the university, and am taking this opportunity to update the blog.
The first photo is us at Cape Spear, the second is the tower atop Signal Hill.
Monday was a bright, sunny day. A bus tour included Signal Hill, a promontory overlooking the narrow entrance to the St. John's harbor. We subsequently learned (today at the Geo Center) that the rock at Signal Hill is 500 million years old -- 450 million years older than the Rocky Mountains. The tour also included Cape Spear, the easternmost point in North America -- closer to Italy than California. A bird/whale watching tour in the afternoon produced thousands of puffins, kittiwakes, and herring gulls, and one Minke whale.
Today (Tuesday) was a free day. After and finding a real shopping mall, Carol and I visited the Geo Center and returned downtown for a late lunch at Jungle Jims, a Canadian version of Bennigans or Applebys. Found WiFi access in a parking lot at the university, and am taking this opportunity to update the blog.
The first photo is us at Cape Spear, the second is the tower atop Signal Hill.
