Welcome to my trip to

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Welcome to my trip to
Newfoundland

• Janette McConville
• LIBR 500
• Foundations of Information Technology
• j_mcconville_at_shaw.ca
• 30 January 2004

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I had always wanted to see Atlantic Canada so a
few summers ago a friend and I flew to . . .
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Newfoundland
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We rented a
in St. Johns
and headed north towards Twillingate, where
we hoped to see an
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• Along the way we stopped
• to pitch our and explore
• the outports fishing villages

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Little Heart's Ease
Meat Cove
Twillingate
Quidi Vidi
Heart's Content
Hooker's Arm
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We saw hooked rugs in galleries museums . .
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• Designed and hooked by a contemporary artist from
  St. Johns.

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Colourful wood framed houses

• False front door -- the real entrance is in
  the back.

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This house had a fine
patch.
. . . soil is thin on the rock so gardeners
add seaweed to make more.
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In Trinity we found a wonderful old graveyard

• and spent hours
• photographing
• Celtic symbols on
• the headstones.

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..alas, by the time we reached Twillingate
this one had floated past -- a few years
earlier!
Icebergs...
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In Newfoundland we found

• Friendly people
• Colourful houses
• Partridge berries
• Stunning scenery
• Ponds
• Folk art
• Bakeapple jam
• Famous writers

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Thanks for joining me
I hope you enjoyed the trip.