St. John's - The Final Stop
FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2018 Our new B&B in St. John’s is called the Balmoral Inn. It is a Victorian mansion which has been updated fully with all mod cons to provide very comfortable accommodation while retaining its Victorian character. Our room is decorated in period furniture and fixtures. The flowered wallpaper is exquisite. The elegant dining room is where we have breakfast. The table is set up in a very formal way. Everyone has a multi piece china set along with many pieces of silverware and a cloth napkin which matches the tablecloth. There is a crystal fruit bowl in the middle of the table. Although breakfast is self-serve, there is a wide variety of tasty foods including several types of pastry. All in all a very nice spread. After a leisurely breakfast, we set out to explore St. John’s. It is, of course, the largest city we have been in but there was very little traffic. After all, the entire population of Newfoundland (500,000) is smaller than the popula...