Thursday, July 21, 2011

Bill & Ed's Excellent Adventure...Day 35...Tuesday, July 19, 2011...A Day in St. Johns






One of my guidebooks has given a great review to a small Indian restaurant in St. Johns, so Ed and I have decided to have lunch there and spend the day in the city. We drive in around 11:00, and we are lucky enough to find a parking space across the street from our lunch spot. Unfortunately, restaurant reviews are inherently subjective, and this one is way off. The food looks good, but it is way under-spiced to the point of bland...and it's hardly a bargain at $16.50 (cdn) for the buffet.
Afer lunch, we take a walk down Water Street...the oldes street in North America. Things are "bustling"...shops, bars, restaurants. Soon, we're at George Street...famous for having more bars and pubs in a two-block area than anywhere else in the world. We got "screeched in" last night at the Ship Pub, but we didn't get our official certificates (suitable for framing)...so...we head into another place where Kelly performs the ceremony once again and hands over the prized certificates. We're trying to find a place with WiFi, but we're not having much luck.
So, we head back to the Ship In where we know that they have good signal. For whatever reason, it takes hours to update the blog and perform other "housekeeping" tasks. It's after 6:00 and several beers before we're finished and head back to camp. I'm still full from lunch, but Ed is somewhat hungry...enough to polish off a bowl of leftover chili. It's starting to rain, so w decide to "cab it" back to St. Johns. A few more hours of bar-hopping and we're ready to pack it in for the night.
It's pouring rain as the cab pulls up to our camp...a mad dash for the tent befor getting completely soaked.
Sleep comes quickly.

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