Whatever Steve and Alicja show us, I enjoy it especially the quirky finds and spontaneous. Then there's their banter and humour which is always enjoyable.
I love the contrast between the locals at that restaurant wearing flip flops, shorts, tshirts and dresses and you guys talking about how cold it is lol
I almost fell off my chair with laughter, when you guys mentioned and then went to 'VV' - Value Village! My wife 'discovered' Value Village, some 10 years ago or so, and now that's where we do 90% of our clothes purchases. I mean, it's a 'no brainer', for instant, in paying C$8-$9 for a Hillfiger or Calvin Klien polo shirt that you can find new (if you look hard enough), where as, at the 'big box' stores, same will cost you $50-70! And, 30% off for seniors (60 and over) on Tuesdays... Yes, also as you mentioned on your walkabout, have also always thought as St. John's being the 'San Francisco of Canada'. Interesting video, and brings back memories of my visits to St. John's in years past. All the best, from Montreal!
We went to Tromso Norway last year which was awesome, and really reminds me of St. John’s. If you haven’t been yet, I recommend it. Best to go in feb for the polar nights and northern lights
The Railway Museum was the only station in St. John’s. When I was a student here in the 1970s it was also the terminus for the cross-island buses so I had many the Friday afternoon dash from the university campus to the station to catch the bus home for the weekend! Thank you for this video…it captures so many of the reasons why we love living in town.
Newfoundland is as close to Ireland that you'll get in North America. My husband is from St. John's and we always have such a great time when we go home to visit. So glad you're enjoying your stay there.
Welcome to Canada! I was so excited to open my videos and see a new episode. The Tickle Trunk might be a reference to an iconic kids show called Mr Dress up. His Tickle Trunk had unlimited costumes and curiosities. Fond memories
Remember that the British Empire was founded in St. John’s by Sir Humphrey Gilbert in 1597 during the reign of Elizabeth I . There’s a plaque on Water Street.
Terrific video showing us round the town. A very interesting place when the fog lifts! Liked the museum with the views,. Going to be hard keeping Alicja out of the shops!
Another great trip. There is a car ride video on you tube from St John,s to Florida Key West, it takes 12 hours +, and features a great drive across Newfoundland. I went to St Johns once, my plane to Halifax ( NS) got diverted, but they wouldn't let us off the plane.
Thank you Steve and Alicja. You two are a great and pleasant team. No matter where you travel it always is at ground level, genuine and free of hype. My ancestral roots are in the UK - mostly Scotland - and although I have never been able to to travel there from my home near Vancouver you two make it as though I have. I also love your travels through Europe where you take us in real term as to life and sights to see. Thank you again for letting me see through your eyes.
Thanks Steve and Alicja for taking us with you on this wee city tour. It doesn’t matter that places were closed you two still make your vlogs interesting and enjoyable. Wow, the houses look so beautiful and everywhere looks so clean. Look forward to the next one xx
Just love the beautiful painted homes and great video as you showed us the normal everyday life in St John’s. Very nice harbour and town. It’s a wonder you both could walk after that great hike the day before. 😀
Thanks for the great tour you two. Your videos are always so well done. Two observations on this one: 1. The Jelly Bean part of town, while beautiful, would look so much nicer with all the power lines underground.... 2. Thought that was Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh working a side job as a waitress in the lunch place lol!
Thanks for the tour of St. John’s, my late dad used to talk about it often along with Halifax as he visited them often serving on HMS Icarus an escort destroyer in the last world unpleasantness. He told the tale of the crew saving their tots of rum in a bottle with raisins on the way to Canada, once ashore getting a liquor licence and a large bottle of Coke and having a session before the journey back. His little ship was involved in many operations but didn’t get many mentions, The Bismarck hunt, evacuation of Spitzbergen, operations Harpoon and Pedestal to supply Malta, “occupation” of Iceland and many Russian convoys many of which mustered on Loch Ewe, we visited the Artic Convoy Memorial on one of our many Scottish holidays. He was based at Scapa and just before D-Day was transferred to the Royal Naval Police in Glasgow, he joked, or maybe not, that it was more frightening than the convoys.
Thank you for checking out the railway station which brought memories of my trip across Newfoundland to Corner Brook on the “Newfie Bullet”. Twenty six hour trip in a sleeper with screens in the windows to protect from the mosquitoes when crossing the wet barrens,
Seeing all these coloured houses reminds me of Bristol, would love to see you guys make a trip there and to some other nearby places in SW England one day!
@@mikemurphy2112 to be fair Cornwall is one of the most touristy parts of SW England. Within an hour of Bristol there's Bath, Bradford on Avon, Glastonbury, Wells, Cheddar Gorge, Weston Super Mare etc. Salisbury and Stonehenge a bit further. Of those only Bath gets very crowded, during peak summer and the Christmas market, easy to plan around. Bristol itself has a ton of great neighbourhoods, only parts of the Harbourside and Clifton would be a bit touristy. Some amazing views can be had off the top of Kelston Roundhill and Glastonbury Tor.
@@CptVXR Thanks for the info but really wanted to see Cornwall and it did not disappoint, lovely place and people very friendly although I encountered a couple of arrogant drivers.
@@mikemurphy2112 Cornwall does have a lot going for it, can't deny that places like St Ives are stunning. Bad drivers will pop up anywhere on the planet sadly.
Love your adventures and especially the latest ones. I am from St. John’s and moved to Ottawa years ago but just returned home from a 3 week visit with family. We were there the same time in the fog 😜 Heading to Scotland for the first time in mid September. Home base is in Arbroath ? Thoughts ?
Love how Ali knocks off a flatbread and then up for breakfast.... is she a Hobbit? (as well as mountain goat) Another great bobble-hat btw. The Loca Moca is good btw... i miss the coffee-based Monsters from living in Maine Yea not good in long run but early starts with an hour drive to work, they kept me going.
Yesterday I watched this second installment. Today I was watching “The Spirit of St. Louis”, an old Jimmy Stewart movie and guess what? He has to make a compass bearing change when he arrives over ST. JOHNS. The first comment he makes about heading there is one word! “FOG”. As I was enjoying the coincidence, the substitute airplane version of the “Spirit” flies between the two great cliffs that border the St. John’s harbor mouth and out across the sea. Just where we saw the harbor mouth in video one. KOOL.
that engine is a General Motors NF110, an engine design unique to Newfoundland as the railway was narrow gauge…it’s smaller than most industrial switchers(shunters to you), the ones in the UK driving the freight trains and in the passenger and freight depots are larger even if not as large as their US and Canadian cousins and thanks to the two Canadian companies buying or merging with US companies Canada trains go as far south as MEXICO thanks to agreements with one or two US companies…
Laid back or not - this was so much fun. Bargain shopping is a favorite past time of mine. Was the molasses - blackstrap or what? I love it, but being from the South, sorghum is my favorite. A local museum makes it the old-fashioned way - growing the cane, crushing the cane using animals to turn the wheel, and cooking it up in big copper pots. I loved this video!! Becky W.
Another great video Steve. You make the video as though I'm actually there with you. If I had smelly vision I wouldn't know the difference. Thanks for sharing you travels.
Wonderful you guys, soo envious. My Daughter spent 2 years working in Vernon, a 2 hour flight from Vancouver. Told me best time of her life, such friendly people. That place looks like a Canadian version of TK Max.
The Canadian version of TK Max is actually called Winners. Value Village is a mostly for profit thrift store that sells donated goods. A small percentage of their profits goes to charity.
It has a real feel of a big country, small town on the edge of the world. I was amused to see the moose burger on that advert. Wouldn’t the antlers be a bit chewy? Have fun, from Dianne down under
Fun Facts: Newfoundland joined Canada in 1949. Before 1949 Newfoundlanders had to immigrate to Canada. It’s also less expensive to fly to the UK from the west coast than it is to fly to Newfoundland.
Nice video guys. I found out recently that my home town (Newton Abbot) has quite bit of history with Newfoundland especially with the cod fishing industry. When St John's was destroyed by fire apparently you couldn't find a stone mason or a carpenter in Newton Abbot as they all went to St John's to help rebuild it.
32:17 I mean it technically was a British train station Newfoundland was a British colony until we joined Canada in the 50s (yes I know we were our own country for a bit, but it was still under British rule and stuff so still British)
The Rooms reminds me of Victoria and Albert in Dundee. (not as bad as that, and definitely with more stuff in it, but similar design- emphasis on outdoor view and big open spaces).
Molasses is very much a Canadian East Coast staple. Molasses for the homemade bread, bannock and anything else bread-like. It’s also one of the main flavouring in baked beans.
Wouldn’t it be awesome if they reopened the railway and also the railway on Vancouver Island so you could truly travel from the Atlantic (St John’s) to the Pacific (Victoria) by train (and a couple of ferries). I guess the service from Cape Breton to Halifax would need reintroducing too. I’ve done it from Halifax to Vancouver which was magnificent but have the feeling there’s just a little bit missing.
Molasses is a sugar product similar to treacle. You still haven't found the "Hill'o'chips street! You'll know when you get to the top of it and see the sign. There is also a fish restaurant up there to your right as you get to the top. Famous for cod cheeks. The shipping/stevedoring company "Oceanex" I've sold container handling equipment to them through my dealer in Canada. Been to St. Johns & Halifax many times.
That home is 2350 Sq foot & is for sale for only $314,900 canadian... but you might need a bigger suitcase if you are taking it back Scotland with you lol. A big hello from Niagara Falls Ontario... why don't you drop in & say hello, I'm only 35 hours or 2678 Kilometers away from you in St. John's... ah maybe next time eh! Thanks to all your video's, recovery from painful Shoulder Replacement surgery is not so bad!!!
Another great video showing off the place where i live. Can't help thinking you should have come a month later when the weather improved and the tourist season kicked off. There haven't been any icebergs near st johns for a few years, and this year, only a scattered few a half days drive away. Glad to see you stop by Shamrock City and Broderick's. I go there regularly. Great local music!
Surprised you can walk at all after the hike! Someone with the broadest and old-timer Waterford dialect is fully understood in St John’s (my friend tested it). I’m betting the Newfoundlanders are now seriously wishing they had separated from Canada!
That Cathedral on the hill does have granite in it but not from Aberdeen - it, along with limestone segments came across from Ireland. Local sandstone and bluestone and bricks from Germany are also part of its construction. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_of_St._John_the_Baptist
I have a special place in my heart for Newfoundlanders ever since 9/11. There is a small town there named Gander that landed all the planes in the air when the US had to close the countries airspace. They more than doubled their population in a matter of hours. The citizens used their own money and fed, housed and clothed thousands of people for days and refused anything for it. The plane people later took up a donation and had enough to send a great many of their children to college for free. There are still young people going to school from that donation as far as I know.. Thank you Canada! And Newfoundland! And Gander! From a US citizen❤️🤗🐝
@@deborahdanhauer8525 I just wish here in the US we could get some of that feeling back without having a major diaster. It's heartbreaking to see Americans pitted against Americans.
