Once we arrived in Saint John's, we picked up our rental car and drove directly to the Alt Hotel. It is right on the harbour and it is very modern and very welcoming.
When we went to our room, we found wall -to-wall windows looking out on the water.
From our window we could see the harbour and five different Coast Guard ship. The one right in front of us was Called "Terry Fox".
Of course we had to take a walk around town. This picture shows some "Jelly Bean Houses" and an amazing mural.
One of the main streets (Water Street) seems to be full of pubs.
And Breweries.
For dinner we went to an amazing Thai restaurant called "Gingergrass".
Here we have a picture of the lighthouse at the entrance to Saint John's Harbour (The Narrows).
This picture was taken from Signal Hill. On this spot, Marconi received the first Trans-Atlantic wireless signal from Cornwall, England. His antenna was held aloft by a kite and the first message was simply the code for the letter"S".
To the left is The Narrows (entry from the Atlantic) and to the right you see downtown Saint John's.
To the right of the harbour you can see the Coast Guard vessel "Terry Fox". Our hotel room was looking down on the deck of this ship.
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