May 23 2010
Around The Bay
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Archive for the tag 'Newfoundland'
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.May 29 2008
Nelly Doug
During my trip to Lumsden last week I visited Nelly and her husband. I remember only one thing about Nelly from when I was a child – she would pinch my cheeks ’till my face hurt.
Apr 24 2008
Pretty old and pretty pretty
I mentioned yesterday that we had taken a return flight, but we didn’t make it all the way to Newfoundland before making a quick stop over in Montréal.
I’d been there many times in the past, and even though most of those memories are a little blurry, I still have a deep fondness for the city. It’s one of the few places on the continent where you can find a decent croissant, make out in public without turning heads or stomachs, and take a horse and carriage ride through some of the oldest streets in North America.
Now, I should say that I have a bit of a problem with their liberal use of the word “oldest”. It seems that they have this idea in Quebec that they pretty much have the “oldest everything” and it’s kinda pissing me off. As you walk around, you can overhear hear many a tour guide tout Quebec City is the oldest city in North America. What the hell?
I’m afraid that Newfoundland tourism is falling short, perhaps lead by the short sightedness (or total lack) of preservation efforts on the part of the the provincial and municipal governments. I guess if Quebec is smarter about preservation and promotion, then they get the crown. And rightly so. If Newfoundland continues on the route it’s going we’ll have little more to promote than ridiculously colourful shores peppered by disproportionately large whales that surface on very convenient schedules.
We were around a couple hundred years before these guys, but we’re slowly pissing it away. And, in any case, I don’t think a settlement that was stolen from the natives should count.
Anyway… I digress. Here are some damn pictures.
