New Brunswick Museum Saint John

Ok, tired again ... too much walking. I need a holiday!

Got up early and after a Skype session home, got a lift into uptown. Started off on a walking tour learning about May 1783 and the arrival of 'Loyalists' (to Britain) who fled from America and its Revolution. I learned where they landed, saw the old courthouse, saw the Loyalist House …

... Saint John’ crudely painted on them didn’t do the artisan title of the market justice.  Fortunately the actual Saint John Market was a lot more fulfilling and made for an interesting walk as the fresh fruit, meat, and seafood intertwined ...

... covers a multitude of subjects. I started with industrial history and logging onto shipbuilding and then commerce of Saint John. Then onto Natural History and whales (some great big ones!), geology, birds and the Arctic expeditions to find a ...

... spry 80-year old, a charming and passionate man who loved the museum he had created. After this, the long drive back to St John, and Canada, where we will be spending the rest of our time. Goodbye, cheap gas and hotels, a nd 5% sales tax. Hello, 13% ...

... , so of course, Doc had 2.  Then we went upstairs to eat a salad.  Then bedtime. Today we are in Saint John, New Bruswick, Canada.  We scheduled a tour of the Bay of Fundy.  There is a phenomenon with the tides in the bay that cause a ...

... next summer. Any tourist heading to Saint John outside of these summer months should be aware that the possibilities for visiting many of Saint John’s attractions are very slim. I got back to the B&B. Tom had finished a load of laundry. He had ...

... PS Un peu de trivia – le Nouveau-Brunswick est la seule province officiellement bilingue au Canada ************************************* Kamouraska, QC to Saint John, NB What a beautiful morning on the Saint-Laurence River!  I'm glad to see ...

... woman who comes onto shore... well, every woman but us two got them cuz we saw them carrying them.  Our first impression of Saint John was a "tourist tent."  There were not a lot of places to go immediately out of the gates of the port.  ...