Newfoundland & Labrador - St. John's

Labrador has some stunningly spectacular scenery, especially the Torngat Mountains, but it is a hard to get to place, not easily accessible without long hikes over difficult terrain.  A cruise on Adventure Canada's Ocean Endeavour this July allowed us to experience the scenic province without overly stretching our physical abilities.  

We started off in Newfoundland, arriving a day early in July to visit Quidi Vidi that I missed on the last visit and also revisited some of the old favourites like Jellybean row.  Between Uber and walking we managed to cover quite a bit of the city, from the rustic charm of Quidi Vidi, the Battery and all the way into town, going past Jelly Bean Row, circling back to Bannerman Park (because we saw people with gelato from the Parlour) then up to the Rooms before heading back downtown to the waterfront and the Pedestrian Mall.  It was a long rambling walk but it was great reviving fond memories of the colourful city.

Newfoundland is notorious for its dull dreary weather.  Maybe that's why St. John's made a point of being colourful to alleviate the dreariness.  Everywhere you look there is colour and it really stands out because of the constantly grey skies.  

Quidi Vidi exactly the way it looked in the pictures

View of the harbour entrance from the Battery

Colourful ruins?

Even the huge ships in the harbour are colourful

Standing out in the midst of all the colour - a black and white mural

The best ever seafood chowder at the Bernard Stanley Gastropub that we just stumbled upon

Jellybean row

The Hop-on hop-off buss

Such a whimsical statue!

A sampling of the colourful fronts of houses and their mailboxes

The Basilica Cathedral

First time I've seen the tap function used for church donations

The Rooms revisited

Downtown mural alley

The Harbour framed

What a great backdrop for this street drummer

The downtown pedestrian mall - could be busier on a Sunday evening

Can't get more colourful than this!