St. John's

June 23

Sightseeing in St John's – great harbour, beautiful sights, tough sledding up and down the hills, got to George St for lunch – a little tired looking and seems Water St making inroads as a place to be – hiked to Fort Amherst, great views of the narrows from across from Signal Hill. Great shots of vessels coming into St John's harbour. Incredible natural harbour for sure. Looked at all the stairs we had climbed (all 99 of them) in 2005 to get to the top of Signal Hill and were happy we did it then and didn't wait till 2023!

The day's highlight was a three-hour tour with professional photographer Michael Windsor. We were referred to him by members of the Montreal Camera Club who Sylvia knows well, viz., John Zimmerman and George Lieberman, who were on a few incredible photo trips with him. in the last few years. He took us to several vantage points we would not have seen and gave Sylvia tips on what to take and how to take the shots—a great evening for photography.

Highlights included Petty Harbour, a beautiful small fishing port with a very narrow entranceway from the sea, and Quidi Vidi, an old fishing area of St John's, now a touristy area.

​The end of the tour took us to the harbour, where there was a lot of action as CNN's Anderson Cooper was reporting live as some of the rescue vessels from the Titan were returning to port. Big deal in St John's, and for $20mm p.a., hopefully, he read well from the teleprompter.