Here, There and Everywhere: St. Johns, Newfoundland

I was so surprised to discover that St. John's was probably my favorite port on our cruise. I just absolutely fell in love with it.

Thanks to the boat lectures, I knew that the best thing to do there was go hiking. The city has over six miles of hiking trails. I thought, no problem. We had NO IDEA that the first few miles of the trails were literally on cliffs with like 1,000 stairs.

We met some famous Canadian actress who was walking towards the bottom of the first trail, and she showed us the way. She was there filming some TV show that is aired in 26 countries, but not the U.S., so I had no clue who she was. A few people stopped her along the way, so guess she's somebody. Anyway, we just went for it. We planned on doing all six miles but with the way the trails connected it was probably more like four. It was so gorgeous! The first mile or so was definitely the most difficult. I would stop on the stairs just to breathe, and we would get lapped by like 70 year olds. That was motivation, let me tell you.

After we walked for a few hours, we went into the town. Which I also loved (but didn't take any photos of). I found an internet cafe which was a HUGE deal because we had no email on the boat while we were in the Arctic, and I had to send my resume to a company in NYC that I was interviewing with when we got back. Kevin found an awesome old placed called the Ship's Pub for lunch and a beer, and I bought a row house mailbox. Most of the streets have these row houses, separated only by color, and a lot of the mailboxes are row houses. I just had to have one! Even though I live in a condo.

If I ever had the opportunity to go back to St. John's or live there for a period of time, I won't think twice. The people were so nice, the town was so cute, and the scenery was beautiful.

A view from half way up the first trail