Re-Visiting
St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada/Carlos Pueblo
The ship
sailed east along the Northern Atlantic south of Greenland for
two days and
two nights before reaching St. John’s of Newfoundland,
Canada. The
Cruise Line calls it the Viking Route to identify the great
Viking
Adventure and the Titanic of the past century. The Viking, current
day Denmark,
were active during those days in North Atlantic, Shetland
Islands
which gave away as dowry to Scotland, still owns Faeroe Islands,
Iceland
which become independent, still owns Greenland. If I studied more,
the Northman
or Viking used to invade England. It all ended in the war with
the Prussia
in 1860, blamed on Bismarck. We had had our first visit also our
first cruise
at St. John’s in 2011 at about the same time. I have had a very
good memory.
I always
have mentioned that I have known Newfoundland in Taiwan because
that my
college professor mentioned one of his student went here for the
graduate study.
We went to visit two large churches in the city, one was the
Cathedral and
the other was an Episcopal with a higher tower by one golden
fish than
the previous. I did check the complication of religious difference
between
Catholics and Protestants, then France and England, and finally the
Acadian or
we said Cajuns in Louisiana. This time, we only tried to locate a
Railroad station
which was the start of the Great Trans Canadian Rail; however,
the station
had been closed for years. It has been a railroad museum ever since.
We walked
back to the Water Street and found a Japanese Restaurant nearby
opened on
Money when a regular restaurant was off for a week. We ordered a
plate of raw
fish and fish rolls combination plus a
pitcher of draft beer.
St. John’s
has become a typical harbor for me to visit around cruise route, walking
on the
harbor and old town as far as I could. I am still very frugal in spending money
even though
a day of market rally. I am still calculating the cost per day in compare
with my land
trip with transportation, room and board. I don’t consider all the
significance
of places, scenery, architecture, or else. I enjoy the most when it comes
free, i.e.
free museums in London, New York City; free gardens all over the world.
My only
regret is that there are some special scenery which I cannot reach in a day
time without
a reasonable public transportation.
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