Day 2 - Joseph Geo Centre

... or a Study In Newfoundland Time.

We went up to see Joseph Geo Centre today. It's on the way to Signal Hill, just below Cabot Tower. It was neat, it was kinda like the St. John's version of Science North. They had a little thing about the geology of Newfoundland, like the different theatres located in Science North. Then they had a bunch of different displays, talking about Our Earth, Our People, Our Future, and a fourth thing that I can't remember. They also had a display about Exxon and oil, which was kinda interesting, lots of hands on stuff, again, like Science North, and the really cool thing there was a display about the Titanic. It went right from the building of her to the sinking of her, giving a lot of info that isn't common knowledge. I leart a lot of stuff. Most of it was in panels, and there were arrows on the floor pointing you in the right direction, so you read the panels in order. They also had little displays of stuff. Like, with the panels that explained about the different Classes, they had reproductions of the dinner sets each Class would use, and models of what the room looked like. In some of the displays there were also artifacts from the Titanic, or from people connected to the Titanic, and they also had reproductions of different things, and also props from James Cameron's movie. It was a real learning experience.

Now onto why I also call this post "A Study in Newfoundland Time". We went to a little cafe across from the hotel for lunch. Big mistake. We ordered our food around noon, and it was close to 1 by the time we finally got it. There were four people who were seated after us who got served their food before us. We were not impressed, we are going to find somewhere else to have our meals tomorrow.

We didn't do much in the afternoon, just hung around the hotel. Oh! One of the little boutiques here has a thing called "Aqua Massage". My mom and I did it, it feels wonderful. I'm going to see if they will allow me to take a picture of one of the beds, because I don't know if I'm going to be able to describe it properly. You don't get wet or anything, there's a waterproof liner between you and the water, you just have to take off your shoes, and any jewlery, belts, etc. If you get the chance to do this, I highly suggest you do it. I am so going back for another couple of sessions.

Tomorrow we're going to Cape Spear and whale watching. Hopefully. That's the plan. The weather has been pretty cool here, and today it really rained out. I really don't want to be out on a boat, in the Atlantic Ocean, in the rain.

Well, I'm so tired, I'm afraid I'm going to stop making sense soon, or is it already too late?