We had heard that Petty Harbour, located just south of St. John's was pretty and it sure was. A beautiful little fishing village that was had tourist buses coming into its' narrow winding streets.
The photo above is a panorama shot of the harbour entrance and town.
We ate lunch in wonderful cafe there. I had seafood chowder. Super delicious (made right at the cafe).
Next we off to Cape Spear. Now that was an experience. The wind was insane! While walking up to the light house we saw an older gentlemen actually lose his balance and get blown off his feet.We helped him up and asked if he needed our help to which he said "no"; only a second or two later to almost get blown down again! We grabbed him and got him safely to a nearby bench. He looked pretty scared at that point. We then proceeded up the hill to get his wife and let her know of his issues. We assume they were from the cruise ship P&O Arcadia (just in from Southampton we believe).
The hill has an interesting history from the days of WW2.
There was a fishing boat out near the Cape as well. I suppose that for those fishermen the weather wasn't too much out of the ordinary.
We wanted to tour a bit more just north of the city but the weather got too rainy so we headed back to the Air Bnb where Caro washed clothes. We ventured out a couple of times to pick up supper etc. but that was basically it for our day.
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