Newfoundland

I like Newfoundland the dog.

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The non stop ads for Newfoundland and Labrador CBC is running make me want to go.

It's confusing. St. John's is the capital of Newfoundland and Labrador and its largest city. But there's also a St. John in New Brunswick.

I think one of them is pronounced syngin, R3.

I got Screeched-in at O'Reillys on George Street in St. John's. Lots of fun.

"The non stop ads for Newfoundland and Labrador CBC is running make me want to go. "

Me too!

But then, I'm sheltering in place except for working in a hospital, and I'm so desperate for travel that I'd accept a trip to Branson, Mo. just to be somewhere else.

It looks cold.

I think Newfoundland would be a lot more beautiful than Branson, R6.

I want to see L'anse aux meadows

If you want to see rednecks, OP, go to Calgary, Alberta. That shithole is filled with racists and rednecks.

me too, R6. I'd go anywhere at this point. Except Oklahoma.

That's the Viking village, R9??

Oh, I know, R10. I'd never go to Alberta.

I had a Newfie colleague. He was a hoot. Funny in a laid back, goofy way.

Did he have an accent and say B'y a lot, R13?

Their dialect! It's sooooo distinct. It's such a trip cause you can hear the European ancestry in their accents it's so cool. Canada seems like such a strange yet familiar land to me, like a fusion of America and wherever else y'all came from before you plundered and raped this earth, which you're paying for by the way, why you think yo asses stuck inside cause y'all fuuuuucked UP the earth!

Anyway, looks like a lovely place I'd deign to habituate ANY DAY, ALEX[ITALIC]SIS[/ITALIC]!

Better not read Annie Proux's work if you want to visit. They're pretty laid back, but very clannish, OP.

Laid back and clannish.

They still do mummering there. Strange tradition.

Ghastly, with racist undertones.

No travel is allowed from the US to Canada. If you want to get in illegally, drive to the top of Maine and cut through the woods.

And a CHRISTMAS tradition, no less!

[quote]drive to the top of Maine and cut through the woods.

That a euphemism?

It is not, R19.

R17, now that's just weird. Done intentionally?

I visited two summers ago . . . my neighbor here in Florida inherited the family home outside of St. John's and I was her guest. Beautiful countryside, very green, lots or ocean coves, bays, and inlets. I felt it was like Ireland, Maine, and Cape Code were rolled into one place. Food was mostly exceptional, especially the seafood. Lots of organic choices of meats and produce. Good beer. I found the locals very open and friendly. Worthwhile destination, I would go back.

How is mummering in Newfoundland racist, R19? It's not the same as the shit that goes on in Philly, not even close.

Just go see "Come From Away." That is, when theaters are back in business.

r14 Yes, he did. It was charming.

It's awful. Go to oldfoundland first.

Most of the men are uncut...shut up, you were thinking it

[quote]It's confusing. St. John's is the capital of Newfoundland and Labrador and its largest city. But there's also a St. John in New Brunswick.

Stupid thing I've ever heard and I'm from Maine, though now I live in Oregon.

St. John's is in Newfoundland, Saint John is in New Brunswick.

r32 meet r3

Not quite, R33. The Saint in Saint John is never abbreviated. The St. in St. John's is never spelled out.

The 1/2 time difference is so weird.

It is still Saint whether you abbreviate it or not..

I went to Newfoundland in college. My boyfriend's mom was born and raised in NF. We went in the summer and it was cold. It was in the low 50s during the day and the relatives were all excited it was "so warm". They went to the beach in shorts

That was a really warm day for them. The high temperatures (in July & August) are 69 degrees, but the average is 53. They have 3 months where they don't have freezing temperatures (July, August, September).

They can still have nights where it goes down to 32 or below in June

I would love to visit NF. My favorite trip ever was to Nova Scotia, just south of it. We rented a car and toured all around the main island and Cape Breton as well as Prince Edward island. It was so beautiful and interesting. We took a boat trip to the Bird Islands where we saw puffins, bald eagles, and all manner of sea birds. Saw orca whales on the way out there. There was wonderful local music, super fiddle playing, and good food. Lobster rolls, etc.

On Cape Breton there is a huge lake called Bras D'Or that reminded me of Lake Tahoe without zillions of people. The whole place reminded me of what the US might have been like 70 years ago.

The winters are long though, and the summer was pleasant, NF does sound a lot cooler but I like remote places.

Lard tundering Jeszuus, b'y.

I’d go for the puffin and the uncut dick.