Music, laughter and fun-loving welcoming people, who become friends almost instantly. Newfoundland & Labrador for me is a very special region. When I think back to my travels, I hear the music, smell the sea and remember the funniest street names I ever read in my life. Pictures pop up in my head of rugged coastlines, colourful painted houses and lighthouses towering over steep cliffs. Instandly I feel the pull to “eventually pack my bags and just go there”.
To get right into the Newfopundland & Labrador spirit, if you like, go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Newfoundland_songs. There’s a list of songs from Newfoundland & Labrador, so you can go reading while giving a listen.
“Saltwater Joys” by Buddy Wasisname and the Other Fellers is just about the perfect start.
Newfoundland & Labrador, Canadas mosteastern province – lies closer to Greenland than to the Canadian capital Ottawa.
My favourite route through Western Newfoundland & Labrador starts in Deer Lake. It takes you to Gros Morne Nationalpark, over to Labrador and back to the Viking Vinland around St. Anthony and L’Anse-aux-Meadows.
For sure, everyone wants to travel in summer – ferries are running on both routes and the weather is mostly warm. Oh, not to forget – travel photos do look better with sunshine on’em.
For Newfoundland & Labrador, sunshine might not be what you’re really looking for. Icebergs is the magic word. Breaking off the Greenland iceshelf and travelling with the currents, icebergs take about 3 years to drift down to Newfoundland & Labrador. Between May and mid-July you can see them floating by even from the coast. Some are enourmos mountains of ice that sometimes get stuck on the coast when they drift into the shallows. Others are chunky shimmering blue rocks in all shapes and sizes. Some even end up in cocktails as ten-thousands years old icecubes. Because of the amount of “bergs” the current they travel on is called “Iceberg Alley” and from May to mid-July there’s a lot of festvals & events all around the mighty whites.
Want to see where the icebergs are? Have a look: https://icebergfinder.com/
What else makes Newfoundland & Labrador so very special and what is the Ugly Stick? I’ll tell you, story by story and you can find the stories already done in the menu to the right.