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A winter break in St. John's, in the province of Newfoundland in March 2001

Winter Break in St. John's

Tvor
2005-08-29 18:57:25

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We had a little bit of sun and blue sky but it didn't last long and was gone by the time we reached the highway back to the city.

We drove through the downtown core along Water and Duckworth streets so we could pinpoint the pub where we are to meet Floyd and Lorraine tomorrow and headed back out to the outskirts with a stop at the grocery store to pick up a few things and have a gawp at some of the "alien species": on sale there. Yes, there really is such a thing as "cod nuggets" and "cod loins"!

Back to the house for a sandwich and Gayle took her daughter to work and picked up her son from school. The weather is supposed to get nasty later tonight, snow turning to freezing rain to rain by the morning. We did run over to the brand new Wal-Mart and the weather started by the time we left however it stopped snowing a half hour after we got home.

Saturday

Had an easy morning, Gayle had to go to the office so I took my time getting ready. We went out about 1:30 and her daughter drove us downtown. We had a look in some of the tourist craft and food shops along one end of Water Street until it was time to meet my friends Floyd and Lorraine. The pub is called the Duke of Duckworth and is located just off Duckworth Street in one of the little alleys connecting the two streets, Duckworth and Water street. The city has wrought iron signs displaying the name of the lanes and a few businesses have their entrances on the alleys as well so they are well maintained and traveled.

The Duke is a small British style pub, very comfortable, not crowded so we spotted them right away. Furiously enthusiastic hugs are exchanged and introductions made for Gayle and we settled in for a drink. We left there after an hour or so for the Westminster restaurant which was just at the Water Street entrance to the alley. It's a British theme restaurant with British names slapped on the menu ...