L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site

July 15, 2017  Saturday

Today is another beautiful cool morning.  We drove to L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site.  There is a beautiful visitor’s center with artifacts of Norse origin.  We had a wonderful guide to take us through the outside walking paths and explaining the archaeological digs back in the 1970’s and the ongoing exploration of the area.  There is a recreated Norse village with people dressed in costumes and tell about life at that time.  Well done.  We even saw a moose…our first since being in Newfoundland.

After leaving there we drove to Norstead to see the Snoddi, a Norse ship.  There is also a Norse village there with costumed people giving demonstrations and talking about how the people lived in that time.

Time for lunch.  We found The Norseman (of course) for lunch.  We had fish!  The view from the restaurant was amazing.  It was nice to eat some more good food and rest awhile enjoying the scenery.




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