Tuesday, December 9, 2008

10 Things We'll Miss About St. John's

As one person put it, the Roadshow is now inaccurately named, and it is only going to get more so in the next few weeks. In fact the Roadshow is coming to an end very soon. We leave the island on Saturday. Don't miss the Grande Finale culminating in packing the vehicles once more and making a 12+ hour drive across the province to Port Aux Basques to catch an overnight ferry to Cape Breton, where we will drive a further 6+ hours to a house in the Annapolis Valley that still needs some major renovations.
So many items have been checked off the TODO list. Studyboy passed his last exam in yesterday. I read it over and despite his sleep deprived and stress induced negativity, it was at least lucid and grammatically well structured, although I cannot vouch for the argument as I am not an expert in the field. Goodbye lunches and Christmas parties have been attended, utilities have been cancelled and ordered, and many large items have been given away or otherwise disposed.
Internet is disconnected on Thursday and so the Grande Finale will be posted from another province (even more inaccurately named..)
All that is left is to list the Top 10 things we will miss about St. John's.
(in no particular order)

Fresh Air - with no heavy industry or agriculture to speak of, the air is always clear.

The Grand Concourse - despite having the most overweight population of any capital city, these walking trails are amazing.

The Rooms - made my last visit on Saturday, always something new to see.

The Georgetown Bakery - best bagels east of Montreal, and could give easily rival Solly's in Vancouver

The Manna Bakery - we are breadafiles, and their multigrain is a daily treat

Auntie Crae's - for those hard to find culinary items and the atmosphere

Posie Row - because who can't spend hours trying on great hats?

Coffee Matters - for their great Astec Hot Chocolate

Bitters - this is the grad pub at the University, need I say more?

The NL Craft Council Clay Studio - and all the people who hang out there

All the Friends we made.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

It's been nice reading about your adventure. Gonna be glad to have you back though! See you soon!

Anonymous said...

yay welcome home (soon)

hope you keep posting