Lottie's Place, St. John's, NL

We wandered into Lottie's Place - home of the $4.95 double White Russian.

Trevor and Sarah

Sarah and I

Bridie Molloy’s Irish Pub, St. John's, NL

We had supper tonight at Bridie Molloy's.

Con O'Brien was playing so we stayed for a set.

Sarah

Newfoundland Dog and Labrador Retriever Tribute, St. John's, NL

In downtown St. John's, there is a tribute to the Newfoundland dog and Labrador Retriever.

Me

Sarah

Cape Spear, NL

We stopped off at Cape Spear on our way back to St. John's.

Besides being the most easterly part of North America, it is another historical site.

Sarah

Me

It was really foggy and cold ... but still a cool place to be!

O'Brien's Boat Tour, NL

We did a two hour boat tour this afternoon in Bay Bulls (about 30 minutes south of St. John's) with O'Brien's Boat Tours.

It was really foggy.

Me and Sarah

They took us out to Gull Island to see the amazing amount of birds.

It was cold!

Sarah and Joe, our guide

The Captain's Table Restaurant, Witless Bay, NL

We had lunch today at the Captain's Table Restaurant in Witless Bay, about 30 minutes from St. John's.

The restaurant is a tribute to the heroism of Captain William Jackman.

Sarah

Me

Kelly's Pub, St. John's, NL

We had supper at Kelly's Pub & Eatery. What attracted me there was there was a singer.

Sister Sarah recognized him as Con O'Brien from the Irish Descendants. So we stayed for his three sets. Because it's the long weekend, there weren't too many people in the pub so he sat with us and chatted.

Con O'Brien

Sarah's new friends, Diane and Mike

St. John's Boat Tour, NL

We did a two hour boat tour out of St. John's this afternoon with Iceberg Quest.

They took us around the Harbour ...

Signal Hill

And then out into the Atlantic Ocean ...

Cape Spear - the most eastern spot in North America

At times it was a rough cold ride.

Back in St. John's

Signal Hill, St. John's, NL

We spent this morning exploring Signal Hill. It's quite a historial site.

Me and Sarah

With St. John's behind me

We hiked down as close to the Ocean as we could get ... quite a rugged climb. Going down wasn't too bad ...

It's quite a steep decline.
That's the Tower behind us from the first picture.

Sarah at the bottom of our climb

Back at the top again!

Screeched in, Christian's Pub, St. John's, NL

No trip to St. John's would be completed without getting "Screeched In"!

A Screech-In is a ceremony where non-Newfoundlanders are inducted into Newfoundland culture by downing a shot of Screech rum, repeating some phrases in a Newfie dialect and kissing a cod. At the end of it all, visitors get a certificate that names them as honourary Newfoundlanders and members of the Royal Order of Screechers.

Claire at O'Reilly's told us that the best place to get Screeched In is at Christian's Pub (that's why we landed there).

There were eight of us getting Screeched In tonight.

Long may your big jib draw!

Christian's Pub, St. John's, NL

Christian's Pub is a cute pub on George Street.

Definitely worth a visit. Brian took good care of us there.

I tried a local micro-brewed beer made by Quidi Vidi.

Sarah and Brian

We also had one of Brian's freshly-made banana daiquiri which was delish!