Newfoundland and Labrador ... but Labrador Came First!

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...

THURSDAY, JULY 4, 2018 Happy Independence Day to all our American friends This day began at a dining room table overlooking a beautiful bay in Twillingate. We enjoyed an excellent breakfast prepared by our B&B hosts, Wendy and Danny. Breakfast was well peppered with lively conversation with the other guests from Orillia and Ottawa. It was a beautiful day, blue sky and sunshine and after breakfast   all of us reconvened on the deck with our hosts to continue our conversations and make decisions about what to do today. For us, our first stop was the lighthouse just a couple of kilometres away. It was literally the end of the road, atop a high cliff with sheer drops to the amazing blue and green water below. There was a gorgeous view in every direction. The Atlantic Ocean stretched as far as the eye could see. We watched briefly for whales; we admired rock formations and the varying colours of the water far below. The nearby fudge shop also captured our at...