Downtown St. John's

Downtown St. John's is like no other place in Canada, or anywhere, for that matter. All of the buildings look like the ones in the picture above. I only counted about 3 buildings which you would consider modern. It's quite unusual in that respect. The streets are winding and steep going down to the waterfront (even steeper than in Vancouver). In a way it's like stepping back in time. This city is about as different from Vancouver as you can get in Canada; we seem to be all about luxury and newness, whereas here history is most important.

Harbourside Park hosts two dog statues: the Newfoundland and the Labrador, not surprisingly. Strangely enough, they don't really know where the Newfoundland dog came from exactly - but we are pretty sure the one in the photo is bigger than life size (?).