Newfoundland

I, Lehman, went to Newfoundland for the Tuckamore Music Festival this past August.

The view of the shore from the airplane

Cabot Tower, on the top of Signal Hill.

A picture of a small community just outside of St. Johns called the Battery, right next to Signal Hill

A view of downtown St. Johns from the Battery

Another view from downtown St. Johns of the Battery and Signal Hill

 The reason the houses have such bright, random colours is that they painted their boats radical colours as a
means of identification and with the leftover paint, they painted their houses. Or so I was told.  It is now a
law that if you want to or need to re-paint your house you have to get the paint colour matched.
You cannot change the colour of your house. Even new houses that are being built are built with different
coloured siding to keep the Newfoundland tradition.

The coolest candy store I have ever been in.

The coolest part of all, a picture of George Street. The largest concentration of bars and pubs in the world.
Some of the pubs in Newfoundland are more like a family  restaurant.
I played fiddle music with some of the other musicians in a pub one afternoon.

A picture of George Street (starts at the bottom right corner), Water Street, and Harbour Drive.
 The three most popular streets in St. Johns

 

The lighthouse at Cape Spear, the most eastern part of North America

A picture of Brigus, a small, old fashion town about three hours outside of St. Johns.
There was sign on the fire hall that said "in case of fire call 709-528-9500".
No 911 here. Hopefully no one forgets their number.

The Brigus Harbour: the site in which I saw a whale breach the water!

And of course, the whole reason I was there in the first place, music.