Monday, July 2, 2012

Canada Day 2012 in St Johns, Newfoundland

We decided to spend our Canada Day long weekend in St Johns, the capital of Newfoundland. We were warned to pack warm clothes because the weather in St Johns is always damp and foggy.  On Friday we visited Signal Hill and walked downtown for a beautiful dinner at The Gypsy Tearoom.  This was also Taylor's last night with us and living in Canada.  On the way home we stopped by a lovely little park with cast iron statues of Labrador and Newfoundland dogs just right for climbing on.

Dinner at the Gypsy Tearoom
Labrador and Newfoundland dogs
Despite the warnings we had awesome weather, 30 degrees, so we were unprepared with the clothes we packed.  On Saturday we took the O'Briens whale and puffin tour from Bay Bulls.  Once we got out of the bay the wind got icy and the water was choppy, we hung on tightly but the excitement of seeing lots of whales made us forget our fears.

On Canada Day we headed up to Cape Spear, an hostoric lighthouse on the most easterly point of North America.  What a great day!


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