Canada Day in St. John's

JULY 1, 2017  SATURDAY    Canada Day


Today is Canada Day 150!  Lots of events planned to celebrate all around the province.  Unfortunately it is cold and raining.  We decided today would be an inside kind of day.

We drove to The Basilica Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in town.  Beautiful place.  Lots of stained glass.  Looked around on our own.  Didn’t appear they offered any type of tour.  It is still a working church.

We drove into town and went to The Rocket Bakery.  I had a coffee and an almond croissant.  Looks like everyone in town knows about this place.  It was recommended to us by the couple we met at the Yellowbelly on our first night here.

We walked (mostly uphill) to The Rooms.  This is a combination of Archives, Art Gallery and Museum.  Beautiful building.  It was free for Canada Day!  We chose to take the elevator to the top floor and work our way down.  The museum part was, of course, filled with many displays about the early explorers and settlers, the fishing, the military.  There was a special exhibit about WWI and WWII.  There were family members of soldiers at specific areas.

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