Newfoundland...first day on 'The Rock'

Arrived just fine in the late afternoon yesterday, got all settled in and went out for a great seafood supper - even tried my first Cod Tongue - the smaller crispy ones are quite yummy.

My first sight-seeing day dawned bright and blue...and I'm glad I have this day to zip around and gawk as Hurricane Aurthor is brewing in the south and will be hitting the Canadian border later in the day. The big storm is expected to rook by a fair distance from here...but the fringe weather may make tomorrow less blue!

The typical 'salt box' house that can be seen everywhere in the older neighbourhoods. If you build new in some of the historical areas, you have to conform to style to preserve the neighbourhood feel. 

Quidi Vidi - one of the little coves where in times past, small communities tucked in. In times past, the fishermen weren't allowed to live on the island, they were supposed to fish and go back to the mainland. British gunboats would score the coastline looking for lawbreaking settlers, so many of the families built their homes tucked into coves like this. The gunboats couldn't see them from the mouth of the cove, and were too big to make it through the narrow, shallow inlet. 

A few icebergs still floating through. This on is miles out, so it is quite a big one. Notice that in the space of about 20 minutes, the clouds rolled over. A bit of a fog bank out there.

By the time I walked up Signal Hill, well the speedy clouds have rolled on a bit.

This is where Guglielmo Marconi received the first transatlantic wireless signal on December 12, 1901. Marking a new era in world communications!

Walked to the other side of the hill and noticed another iceberg way out there. You can see it just over the small hillock. The clouds have scurried along and it's blue and warm again.

One of the four Peter Pan statues in the world. This one resides in Bowring Park and is an absolute jewel in a magnificent setting!

Some of the detail around the sculpture.

Off to the other side and a quick picture of Bell Island that used to be the site of a huge coal mining endeavour. The tunnels go out under the sea for miles. No longer in operation, they do still give guided tours down into the tunnels.

Middle Cove - part of the beautiful rugged shoreline.