We had a different point through which it was said that at Quid Vidi Lake, explore the eastern end of town. There are many campers parked waiting for the next race week here on the lake. Throughout the day two men rowing quad, 4 and 6 +1 s +1 s to practice for next weeks contest. A trail winds around the lake and is a popular meeting place for locals. St. John is the network of hiking trails observed. From Quid Vidi contains four more other branch into the rest of the city.
We have one footWalking through the eastern part of the city. This is where many wealthy people built their homes after several fires in the 19th Century, the area of lower wharf of the city razed. Many of the houses in Queen Anne and late Empire style, with later Victorian thrown in for good measure.
The tour took us to the Colonial House, which held the legislature and the Supreme Court of the country of Newfoundland 1850-1959. They moved into the palace of the then federal government. L 'Building now houses the National Archives.
We crossed the street and were invited to attend the garden party at Government House, home of the deputy governor of the province. We have estimated the delegation of the State of Illinois. The Royal Regiment of foot and 27 Company-2nd Battalion Royal Regiment of Artillery were present in great style. The pipe and drum corps of the province's real military band that was played during the festival expanded. Tea, soft drinks andBiscuits were served to all guests.
Thursday, July 31, 2003
Went to Signal Hill, overlooking the harbor and the sea. We reviewed the findings in the design center, which traces the history of the area before John Cabot's Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1917, when almost an entire generation of young Newfoundland lost in one day.
At 11:00, the tattoo watch, a 1795 revival of traditional military activities conducted by the RoyalNewfoundland regiment of infantry and 27 companies - 2 Battalion Royal Regiment of Artillery. Composed of high school students, the body is composed of drum and pipe band, the regiment of infantry and artillery regiment. They show the purpose of marching drills, which were used in actual combat, fire rifles different skills and the use of guns and howitzers on the battlefield. The exercise was very informative and fun.
In an interview with the historian for theGroup after the show we asked the Germans and the Second World War. He said there was a possibility. Many ships were sunk in the North Atlantic and bodies were washed ashore along the coast. For installations or parts of them, a number of German sailors were. Since her identity was unknown to the citizens would keep the services and give them a Christian burial. This is certainly a plausible explanation, and yet a wonderful example of Newfoundland hospitality.
On02:00 we were scheduled for a tour of Signal Hill. So we went to Geocenter Johnson down the mountain alone. Built on the hills, exhibits U reveals the true stone of Signal Hill. Some of the world's oldest rocks have been found in Labrador. A hands-on exhibition is almost a rock 4000000000 years. We had to leave early because our tour dates, but returned later to complete the works.
A Signal Hill, we met Billy, our ranger guide. Only twoWe stayed at the Tour, although many other people were on the hill. He showed us around the hill about an hour and a half. Signal Hill was for many purposes, barracks, hospital, prison, etc. Its primary use has been used for the reporting of ships entering the port. The signal was transferred from Cape Spear, the easternmost point of North America, raising the colors ship. This was then merchants and city dwellers, who looked prepared for the ship. In 1901, Marconisent and received the first transatlantic radio signal from Europe, a series of three points. He used an antenna to a dragon. The cable companies were not too happy with his performance, because it just had the trans-Atlantic cable laid with great effort. How did this, twenty years later, led to bounce signals off the ionosphere. The situation has changed communication always helped and marine radio.
Queen Victoria laid the foundation for Cabot Tower in 1897, the 400Anniversary of its discovery. Another interesting fact is that the Basilica of San Giovanni Battista narrow line with the towers, the entrance to the port of St. John's. Aligning the poles of a series of lights from the tower, the ships were able to navigate the Narrows without incident. This was, until recently, were used as the Narrows, to facilitate access to that dredged. During the Second World War, a large net hanging over the Strait of Fort Amherst in Signal Hill to maintain that the German U-boats andProtection of the cost of St. John's shipment. The Germans had many masters, not from Iceland Bell, sailed away. They were familiar with the waters and the threats to the environment. This allowed them to bypass the network.
Friday, August 1, 2003
They needed some laundry on Merry Meeting Street and other newspapers today. Merry Meeting Street is so named because it is at the top of the hill overlooking the harbor. People who sit and chat and watch for shipsEntry-port.
We've been together Quid Vidi Lake remain until next Thursday to watch the longest running sporting event in North America, the sequence of the 185th Royal St. John's Regatta. From morning to evening, the crews practiced. We look forward to the race.
In the evening we went to Bannerman Park, the site of St. John's Folk Festival, which began today and extends for the weekend. Also this weekend it's up to George Street Festival, which runsuntil Tuesday night. The groups have more of a rock rhythm.
Hello again for the third tranche.
On Saturday, August 2, 2003 we toured the historic center of St. John the majority of the original buildings are due to massive fires in 1846 and 1892 were destroyed. The streets rise from the harbor on a steep hill, the city port typical. At the top of the hill is Merrymeeting Road, where young people meet and still look out for aShips entering the port. Two of the many ships anchored in the port today were a French luxury cruise ship with a passenger list of only ninety people, whose itinerary was the Arctic Circle and the naturalist are located. The other ship was a Russian fishing vessel in port for repairs of the engine. They have more than a month. Knowing how the destruction of the Newfoundland foreign factory fishing vessels to comply with the Grand Banks vessel could be there for many months. The Crewdid not seem too unhappy, sunbathing on deck.
They were George Street, home of George Street Music Festival. The road is a pub crawler's paradise. Almost all devices on the road is a pub, many with the Celtic name. The food is also available, but nothing if not entertainment in the evening. He went to the Anglican cathedral, exterior to survive the fire, but gutted the interior. Their small museum displays artifacts from the fire, including bent ChurchKeys, charred beams and a church mummified mouse (actually a rat). The services will be held by the High Church variety, with Matins before the Eucharist and Evensong (Vespers) and solemn Vespers each day, Sunday. Do you have a picture in the museum of the team that worked to repair the cathedral. One of the men was killed during the project. Mysteriously, he appears as a transparent person in the picture. You can use the rest of the background with it: a scary ghost. Approximately 50 membersCommunity Cathedral, who died in war, are also honored with a plaque at the altar.
Guided through the English garden of the Bowring Park A wedding was in progress that day. The park has many statues, including a replica of Peter Pan and the Cascades Fighting Man Newfoundland and trails make it a point of contact for pastoral communities.
After the nap, we met with our friends Andrew and Pamela, and went to the George Street Festival.Most of the bands were carried out of the mill. The headliners were high holidays of Thunder Bay, ON, and I Mother Earth, a local group, whose name is at the national level. The audience was sparse until the Mother Earth came on stage. People came from all directions to the place of at least five men. The singer was from St. John's, and had returned home for the local hero. The heavy rock music was accompanied by a light show. The crowd was really into music, moshpit full. L 'Singer himself into the grave for one of his songs, and was raised up. He had no fear of injury, as were his friends.
After the concert, at 11:00 am in the middle of the 5.00 than the pub down the road. The party continues. The festival goes for three nights more. We plan to be there Tuesday night for the feast of the kitchen.
Ice was on the famous Moo Moos.
Monday, August 4, 2003
We abandoned Ches's Famous and Who Fi (fish andChips). They were good, but not as good as Café Friendly Fisherman's in Rose Blanche. (Luckily not as a large portion with.)
We visited the Quid Vidi Brewery. The tour had just left. We have some labels to Don, our producers and their products. At Christmas, they produce a Mummers Ale, who put orange peel, cloves and other spices in the wine, giving it a special flavor. A Mummer is an English tradition during the twelve days of Christmas, where peopleDress in costumes and masks. They go from house to house to fill their pitchers, after talking with them and the guests try to guess their identities in Philadelphia, PA Mummers Parade is an annual event on News Years Day
On the road, the Quid Vidi Battery, when the French attacked St. John's during the war, seven days built. It 's very small but adequate to the bay Quid Vidi protect against an attack from the sea.
Immigrants, the river of VirginiaStreet, two miles each way. The path parallel to the river as Virginia falls from the hills, was built at the Fort Pepperrell in WWII for the Americans. Now it is called Pleasantville. A Texan has designed the castle and its logo: the roads are the contours of a 10-gallon hat and have names like Churchill and Roosevelt.
We drove to George Street. This evening, we were yelled ie.become, volunteers receive Newfoundland. Screech is what you are after drinkingDregs of dark rum molasses the old days. After a month here, we feel the blood flowing in our veins the island. Trapper John and the Museum Pub, we were screaming on the right: screeching drinking (rum straight Newfoundland, kissed the puffins or cod, and repeated the promise.
Now we enjoy the Kitchen Party. A kitchen party is a tradition in Newfoundland, where everything is allowed, as in the kitchen. Tonight was night Newfoundland and Celtic. Some of the groups wereBanshee, six policemen and Royal Newfoundland Celta, where the men wore kilts and the girls wore pants Geiger. They really started to get into the music halfway through the crowd. Then came the Navigators, which we have heard before. The headliners were Shanneyganock, the audience go wild with their Newfoundland and Celtic songs and their opening time musician, bass, drums and rhythm guitars, and the box was Squeeze. Other people were at the Kitchen Party on Saturday asConcerto.
Wednesday, August 6, 2003
Today is a beautiful sunny day to manage the sequence of the 185th St. John's Regatta. This is the only major festival in prison and a cemetery instead. The shells, which means that boats are fit those old British company, unlike the Olympics, if the shell sets move with his legs. There are 23 qualifying races, rowing men 2.450 km long track, turning around a buoy and then back to the finish line. Most do it in lessten minutes. Women are half of the course in less than six minutes. OZFM crew again this year won a local radio station woman. It set a new course record of less than 5:00 minutes. Newfoundland Power has won the men's competition.
Competition is not only about race. It is a celebration. A minimum of 50,000 people gathered around the pond to visit the concession stand, eat along the road and wait for children to play on the various rides. L 'Atmosphere was a joy. Bands played, crowds of people standing or sitting on the shore cheered their team on, tailgate parties have been set up with dinner gig. A dinner is like a jig New England Broiled Dinner. E 'salt beef or pork and various vegetables, then thrown into the pot so that a stew of everything.
Thursday, August 7, 2003
I woke up this morning and most of the parking lot was cleared, another view of yesterday. We will move withenjoyed our stay at St. John's. We will be back? The answer is yes, one day, and this time in less than 40 years.
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