What time is it?

Today we’re in St. John’s, Newfoundland Labrador. No longer is this province in Canada known as Newfoundland AND Labrador. It’s just Newfoundland Labrador. We were told that the premier wanted to “brand” the area. That’s my kind of marketing guy.


And, what could be better than to be greeted by a Newfie Lab as we got off the ship. She was a beautiful black coated girlie with the most wonderful disposition who let all of us pet her as we headed into town.

We docked literally in downtown St. John’s. Now for anyone who doesn’t know Canada or Canadians, St. John’s is not to be confused with St. John, New Brunswick. Apparently the apostrophe “s” is extremely important here.

We took a sightseeing city tour of St. John’s and saw the oldest standing wooden house in North America. None of the doors were more than 5’7” tall. We also went into a beautiful Basilica as well as the Anglican Church. Both are named St. John the Baptist. One, however, is Catholic and one is Anglican (Episcopal). My good buddy, Henry VIII, was responsible for this split during his reign as king of England.

We should sail back through The Narrows that we came through at light-thirty this morning, and hopefully we can see just how close we were in getting through them.

A couple of more facts about Newfoundland – Newfoundland didn't become part of Canada until 1949, and we had to move our watches back 30 minutes last night. Wonder if we’ll move them back 30 minutes again tonight, or if we’ll move them an hour and a half tomorrow night?