Day 1 - Signal Hill

I've had a pretty full day today, and it's not even over yet. We're back at the hotel for a bit until we go out again tonight around 6. We slept in a little this morning (thank God) then we headed off for Signal Hill. It's really close to the hotel, it didn't take us long to get there. I got some really nice pictures, it's an absolutely glorious view. I wouln't mind heading back up there, there are some really nice walking trails, and I want to check out the one called "Ladies Way". I'm pretty sure that's what it's called anyway, I know it's Ladies something. My mom and I think it's called that because it's where all the women would go to look for the ships their husbands were on.

Everything is pretty close to everything else here, though I'm glad we rented a car. You wouldn't be able to walk to Signal Hill from here, and even though we're pretty much downtown, and all the shops are really close, the streets are very hilly. Like, think San Fransisco and you get the idea.

There's a lot of wonderful architecture here as well, though I haven't had the opportunity to take any pictures of it yet. The Supreme Court building is beautiful, and there is a marvelous looking church not too far from here. Couldn't tell ya the denomination of the church, there are signs near it that say something about Anglican, and there's one advertising a Catholic crypt tea room (how would you like to have tea in a crypt? Is this really a popular thing to do?)

Our hotel is really close to the harbour, and I mean really close. There's the street that the hotel is on, then the street next to it, and the next street is the one that runs along the water. There's been a big ship docked in front of our room all day, it was kinda neat watching them load all the containers onto it.

I think tomorrow I'm going to ask someone at the front desk were George Street is. Apparently that's where all the action is. They even have a George Street festival every year. It's where all the bars are, and where all the sailors are apparently.

Anyway, I'm going to go see if I can upload these pictures to the net somewhere, maybe set up an account on Flickr. I'll let you know if I end up putting them somewhere.