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St. John's, Newfoundland,
Canada
We awoke about 7:30 and had room
service bring up breakfast while I finished Installment 2
of this journal and got it e-mailed off to my WorldFlight2001
group list. (If you know any friends who would like to be
included, e-mail me their address.) It is a blustery, overcast
day, rather what I expected here on the north Atlantic coast.
We went for a good walk, uphill
to Signal Hill overlooking the entrance to the harbor. It
was really, really, windy near the top. The site had a marvelous
information center with lots of lookout points with the neat
historical signs that I so enjoy. Besides being a fortress
for St. John's defense for centuries, this site really claimed
a place in history on December 12, 1901, almost exactly a
century ago. That was the day that Guglielmo Marconi received
the first trans-Atlantic wireless signal, broadcast from southern
England, with a reception system right on this site. (With
a name like Guglielmo, I can see why we only know him as Marconi!)
It started raining steadily and
our walk down the hill was a wet one. We stopped in a cute
little café for some seafood chowder before retreating to
the hotel room. Turning on TV, there was President Bust announcing
the start of the military operations. With CNN available,
we are "in the loop" wherever we are. Mike called us to see
if we were watching the breaking news. For better or worse,
yes, we are.
After a relaxing remainder of
the afternoon, we met Pat & Ashley down at the lobby bar for
an adult beverage or two, then decided to eat simply there
instead of braving the elements by going outside the hotel.
I had some wonderful steamed muscles and the rest had fish
and chips. In fact, Pam and Ashley tried the "fish" made up
of cod tongues and cheeks. Yep, that's what it was…and darn
tasty, too!
Signal Hill Viewpoint |
Harbor Entrance |
Windy Day! |
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