{"id":929,"date":"2010-07-16T13:52:31","date_gmt":"2010-07-16T12:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/?p=929"},"modified":"2010-07-16T13:52:31","modified_gmt":"2010-07-16T12:52:31","slug":"st-johns-newfoundland-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/archives\/929","title":{"rendered":"St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in 2004 I visited Canada… for about an hour. I walked across a bridge, looked at a big waterfall, and then walked back again. Niagara Falls was very impressive, but I’ve not been back to Canada since. A few days ago I visited St. John’s, Newfoundland, at the end of a cruise. I had to leave the ship and head to the airport, but not until 4:30pm.<\/p>\n

\nMy first plan was to head to a small town near St. John’s. There is nothing of interest in this town, but I wanted to visit anyway. Why? Because the town is called Dildo.<\/p>\n

\nThis lead to much amusement when I mentioned it on twitter and Facebook, mainly due to the many puns. But it would be quite expensive in both time and money, so I decided to let that plan slide. No puns this time.<\/p>\n

\nI decided to walk towards Signal Hill, a big bluff at the mouth of the harbor. It’s the location of Marconi’s first ever transatlantic radio transmissions. Such a transmission was thought impossible, but trying it out lead to the radio waves bouncing off the ionosphere instead of just running in straight lines into space.<\/p>\n

\nA labrador! Although Labrador is the province next door to Newfoundland, they are represented by sculptures. There were also some Newfoundlander dog sculptures, but I didn’t take photos of them.
\n\"A<\/p>\n

\nThere are lots of painted wooden buildings in St. John’s. Unfortunately none of them piqued my photographers eye. But this bird box did.
\n\"There<\/p>\n

\nThe entrance to the harbor, guarded by cannons, with the city in the background.
\n\"The<\/p>\n

\nCulver’s tower on top of Signal Hill.
\n\"Culver's<\/p>\n

\nThis is the location of that first ever transatlantic radio signal reception antenna, the reason this is called Signal Hill. It’s also REALLY windy.
\n\"This<\/p>\n

\nA small dog.
\n\"A<\/p>\n

\nA labrador! a real one this time.
\n\"A<\/p>\n

\nAshley, my fellow adventurer, recently unbraided hair blowing in the wind.
\n\"Ashley,<\/p>\n

\nThe walk was much longer than expected, as we took the more adventurous route back down Signal Hill. I was fine, but someone else was wearing flip-flops.
\n\"The<\/p>\n

\nThe fishing village part of the city. Note the buildings falling into the sea. This was one of the many results of a single freak wave earlier in the year.
\n\"The<\/p>\n

\nAshley and me, surprisingly sunburnt.
\n\"Ashley<\/p>\n

\nI always love checking out second hand bookshops in all the cities I visit. It’s a pity I didn’t have time to look about much, as I had to get back to the ship in time to leave the ship.
\n\"I<\/p>\n

\nThat’s it as far as photos go! I did get some video of me juggling in Canada\/Newfoundland, but due to the strong wind, I couldn’t do anything particularly interesting. Except, that is, straddle a cannon for full on phallic symbolism.<\/p>\n

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