A Full Day in St John's

Today is our 1st full day in St John's. Unfortunately the weather is not co-operating, as we like sunshine, and not rain.
Our hotel, the Murray Premise is quite nice and right downtown.
We are steps (although uphill) from Water Street, which includes the Celtic Hearth for drinks, or the Rocket Bakery for fresh food, locally made jams, and a plethora of baked sweets.
Steps away (uphill again) is George Street with more bars in one block than anywhere else in Canada.
We did check out a couple of them.

George Street has entertainment in the bars every night. You can even be screeched in on most nights, if you really want to kiss a cod.

As this is our last full day in Newfoundland, we thought we would do a bit to driving around the area.

The day was overcast and sometimes raining when we left for Portugal Cove. The picture above is in that area, and about 20 seconds after this photo, the fog came in and suddenly you could not see the area right in front of us.
There is a ferry from Portugal Cove to Bell Island that leaves from this area.
Below is that area.

Back to the hotel to rest up and prepare for dinner.
Below is our hotel and also a view of the St John's Harbour.

Off we went to George Street (uphill all the way) to the bar district.
Dinner at Greensleeves (fish chowder) where the live music was quite good.
After that, we went to O'Reilly's for a nightcap and of course, more live music.
All in all, despite the weather, it was a very good day for our last full day in Newfoundland

Tomorrow we head to Argentia to catch the ferry back to North Sydney, Nova Scotia.