27/06: Splish, Splash, I was...
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
walking through St. John's. As predicted it was raining today, so it became "visit downtown day". Figured when we got too wet we could go into a store, restaurant, etc. and dry off.
St. John's is a pretty city, even in the rain. The focal point is the habour.
Ed and I have never seen a ship with a stern like this one so we looked it up on the Internet. It is an "anchor handling tug supply vessel". The ship handles anchors for oil rigs, tows oil rigs to location, anchor the rigs up and in few cases serve as emergency rescue and recovery vessels. This particular ship was built in 2009.
Best as I can tell Water Street is the main street in the downtown area --- all the Canadian banks have large buildings on it, the courthouse is on it as well as a lots of stores and restaurants. The photo is of the court house on Water Street.
St. John's is well known for it's brightly coloured houses. Everywhere you look in the old area of town are the mult-coloured houses. Certainly helped brightened up a cold rainy day.
George Street is only 2 blocks long, but it's a fun street. Every building on the street is a bar or pub. They say the street becomes one big party in the late evenings. We stopped at Green Sleeve Pub and Eatery for lunch. I was surprised to see entertainment.
We don't usually take photos in stores but did this one for our "farmer" friends.
The Rooms houses the Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Provincial Museum of Newfoundland and Labrador. The building was constructed in 2005 on a hill overlooking the city.
The interior of the building. We learned a lot about Newfoundland and particularly St. John's history. The views from the building are probably amazing on a clear day as they weren't bad today.
I added a photo of a moose detector to yesterday's blog.
St. John's is a pretty city, even in the rain. The focal point is the habour.
Ed and I have never seen a ship with a stern like this one so we looked it up on the Internet. It is an "anchor handling tug supply vessel". The ship handles anchors for oil rigs, tows oil rigs to location, anchor the rigs up and in few cases serve as emergency rescue and recovery vessels. This particular ship was built in 2009.
Best as I can tell Water Street is the main street in the downtown area --- all the Canadian banks have large buildings on it, the courthouse is on it as well as a lots of stores and restaurants. The photo is of the court house on Water Street.
St. John's is well known for it's brightly coloured houses. Everywhere you look in the old area of town are the mult-coloured houses. Certainly helped brightened up a cold rainy day.
George Street is only 2 blocks long, but it's a fun street. Every building on the street is a bar or pub. They say the street becomes one big party in the late evenings. We stopped at Green Sleeve Pub and Eatery for lunch. I was surprised to see entertainment.
We don't usually take photos in stores but did this one for our "farmer" friends.
The Rooms houses the Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Provincial Museum of Newfoundland and Labrador. The building was constructed in 2005 on a hill overlooking the city.
The interior of the building. We learned a lot about Newfoundland and particularly St. John's history. The views from the building are probably amazing on a clear day as they weren't bad today.
I added a photo of a moose detector to yesterday's blog.