Havin a time... For real!

Hi team!
Day 1 in st johns complete!

To be honest I woke up this morning a little uneasy. I'm not used to being by myself for so long, don't worry I quickly found people to chat with.(I also read an article that talked about chatty coworkers nd how they are the worst distraction in the work place...how's the floor doing Explorica team?! Haha) The hostel ws fine but is no more for severl reson, including te lack of sustantial locks. When travlling alone I've decided that hostels are not my thing. It will be fine when I'm with the East coast team but not alone in a City I don't really know. So I checked myself into a hotel this afternoon...luckily.
It's the George street festival tonight and for the past few days and it's the regatta tomorrow so the city is pretty busy and hotels are pretty booked.

This morning I walked around the city to get an ida of where everything is and to get an idea of distance....from what I understand nothing us very far. What I learned on my walk this morning:

-if you don't like climbing the breakneck stairs in QC you will not like st johns. The entire city is built on a hill very steep at times. Plan any walk accordingly.

- Republic of Doyle. I can't tell if it's actually popular here or if people have gotten used to it. I noticed something being filmed at the Sheraton today and didn't even have to finish my question before someone just said "oh it's probably just republic of doyle" I don't really get how he runs around this city in the show though, what with all these hills. Speaking of RofD I think the CBC is in cahoots with the tourism board and creating all these shows to showcase different citie/areas of the country.
R of D:st johns
being erica: Toronto
little mosque on the prairie: prairies
heartland: I'm assuming it takes place in Alberta....right?

Anyway, more things I've learned.
-They are taking over every city in the country.... They creep inat night and grow like a weed... That's right, condos. There are a bunch being built right on the harbour
- st johns smells different depending on where you are. Some I've noticed so far: fish, oil, beer, ocean
- even though it's august and hockey is over for now, every Canadian has n opinion and want to talk about it whether you ask or not, especially when you tell them you're from Toronto. I haven't seen any TML fans but there are plenty of Habs fans.
- newfoundlanders say b'y like I say eh
- it might be the festivals and regatta but there are a lot of motorcycles in nfld.
- everyone is really nice, eve when I tell tem I'm from Toronto

so after I found my new hotel I walked to Signl Hill and wlked around.... Gorgeous! There are pictures on my fb.
I'm sure mist of you have seen those excellent Nfld tourism ads on tv, I alwys like them but didn't belive it actually looked like that but I was VERY wrong. It's better! I can't really describe it you'll just hve to look at my pictures later.

I tried to take some timer shots on my camera but they were not really in focus so well see how they look later. Any advice would great:)

anyway, tomorrow I'm off to check out the regatta and them cape spear to check out the most easterly point in north America !

Goodnight!
Have a great day!

Kate