Checked into Pippy Park in St John's. Went for a drive and ended up at Quidi Vidi, a very old fishing village. While there we discovered the Quidi Vidi Brewing Company so of course took the tasting tour -sampled 7 different beers, the last one being cranberry beer - I think I'm hooked.
Then we went to Signal Hill and the Cabot Tower. Signal Hill was named for the practice of signalling the arrival of ships with signal flags. The Cabot Tower was where Marconi experimented with his trans-Atlantic wireless in 1901. After this, we drove down Water Street and saw the German Cruise ship in the harbour and some of the active nightspots. We also passed the National War Memorial commemorating the 1583 proclamation by Sir Humphrey Gilbert claiming Newfoundland for Britain.
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