The City Out On The Eastern Edge of Canada. Join Us For A Wander Around Fogtown!
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- Опубліковано 29 чер 2024
- St.John's has its fog cloak on today, but it won't stop us going for a good old explore! And not just the tourist sites either, we'll have a look for the real St.John's! Fancy going us? It's only a click away! Enjoy the video :)
Filmed on Friday 17th May 2024
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I was born in Glasgow but have lived in Carnoustie, Dalgety Bay, Stonehaven, Edinburgh, Montrose, and further afield (Salamanca, Spain & Devonport, New Zealand)
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This is both my business model and a result of doing everything myself. Editing takes time and I also like to schedule videos a bit in advance in case of any problems/illness/cancellations etc. Keeping my uploads appearing every Saturday is important to me, so I don’t want anything to get in the way of it. Also, I occasionally need some time off to recover from trips! But more than anything else, it's about budgets. I generally need to film a number of videos on each trip to break even. And each one of these take a while to fall into place on a Saturday morning.
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I have a special place in my heart for Newfoundlanders ever since 9/11. There is a small town there named Gander that landed all the planes in the air when the US had to close the countries airspace. They more than doubled their population in a matter of hours. The citizens used their own money and fed, housed and clothed thousands of people for days and refused anything for it. The plane people later took up a donation and had enough to send a great many of their children to college for free. There are still young people going to school from that donation as far as I know.. Thank you Canada! And Newfoundland! And Gander! From a US citizen❤️🤗🐝
There is a Broadway musical about this called "Come From Away." It is touring so see it if you can. It is both hilarious and charmingly Canadian.
I had forgotten about that. What an awesome thing. I'm American too.
@@randallgvideos I’ve seen a video about the making of the play, but I’ve yet to see the play. I hope I can one day. Thanks for the heads up❤️🤗🐝
@@lisacollins5466 It was awesome! Great people ❤️🤗🐝
@@deborahdanhauer8525 I just wish here in the US we could get some of that feeling back without having a major diaster. It's heartbreaking to see Americans pitted against Americans.
Whatever Steve and Alicja show us, I enjoy it especially the quirky finds and spontaneous. Then there's their banter and humour which is always enjoyable.
Love your channel. Real people doing real things.
a “tickle trunk” is a reference that nearly every Canadian over 40 knows, as a reference to “Mr. Dressup”; a kids TV show in the 80s/90s whom had a “tickle trunk” to store various costumes he would wear on the show.
I love the contrast between the locals at that restaurant wearing flip flops, shorts, tshirts and dresses and you guys talking about how cold it is lol
Right? Summah weatha
The Tickle Trunk is a reference to the famous Canadian kids show, Mr. Dressup. Ernie Coombs entertained millions of children for 29 years; one of the recurring scenes was retrieving clothes from the tickle trunk.
Apparently the reason for the name was because in his live show before the TV show he would have to tickle it to open it.
Remember it well!
I watched that and the Friendly Giant growing up!
@@randallgvideos when people come over to this day I still point to my rocking chair and tell people "for those of you that like to rock, there's a rocking chair!"
@@TransCanadaPhil And a bigger chair for two more to curl up in! Now, look up, waaaaaay up, and I'll call Rusty!
The greatest phrase in the English language is 'all-day breakfast.'
The way it was meant to be!
The Tickle Trunk store may be named after a feature on a kid's show that CBC ran all across Canada in the 1960's and 70's, called Mr Dressup. The show's host was played by Mr Ernie Coombs. He stored all the costumes in his Tickle Trunk, would get one out every show and do a role play with the show's other characters and several puppets. My sister and I used to watch the show, it was fun for kids. Glad you're having fun on Da Rack.
Only Steve and Alicja can get away showing us so many “closed” attractions and make them so interesting. Excellent stuff. 👏👏👍😀
😂😂 Right they find something out of nothing. I love it ❤
One of my favourite things to do when I visit a foreign country is to go to the supermarket. It’s like a museum unto itself. You can tell so much about a culture/country by the foods they sell at them.
OMG … LOL, you walked right by the condo building where I used to live …. 😂😂😂 right at the beginning of your walk, green building to the right, I saw my balcony, 3rd floor ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador has to be heaven on earth. Thank you
Of all the places you have showcased, St. John's has to be one of the most beautiful places irrespective of the fog. The fog makes it more magical.
You: The optimistic approach. It’s magical! 😊
Me : All that fog must be bad for your chest. 😮
Saturday night in Oz and a wonderful video has arrived, a stunning looking town with the cottages all in there bright colours and the wonderful views, thank you both so much and take care on your travels, cheers.
Please tell me you’re the darts guy
No I have never played darts in my life.
Taking your hat off as a sign of respect in a church is the sign of a civilised man....thank you!!
12:20: Quick story about the Newfoundland Railway: The entire system on the island was narrow-gauge (3'6"), but after the war (when Newfoundland joined Canada and the NR became a part of CN Railroad), all the stock became re-bogeyed standard gauge stock from the mainland until the railroad was abandoned in 1988. Loaded cars had bogies switched at Port Au Basques, where the rail ferry docked.
Thank you!
Thanks for this walk around St. John's. THAT view from the top of the museum, was fantastic. 😊 👍
St John's looks beautiful. Love the painted houses. The ceiling in the church looked amazing. Thank you.
Well I thoroughly enjoyed this vlog. Loved the variety, seeing the beautiful houses and just meandering around with you both. I love your camaraderie, you just seem so compatible and comfortable in each other’s company and the banter is great. You really are a lovely couple. I look forward to the next episode.
We love you 2 and your adventures. We are 2 elderly Australians who used to travel, but age caught up with us. We are now the ultimate UA-cam travellers. Come down to Australia soon .
May I suggest you put "Buy me a Coffee " as it is so easy to contribute that way.
Happy further travels to you both❤❤❤❤
and Steve, come across the ditch to NZ, we'd love to see you down here as well. I concur, put a "Buy me a coffee", a it would make it easy to contribute.
Safety Dance, one of the most Canadian songs ever created!
Gotta love Men Without Hats.
Great video again!
I watched first thing this morning. Before all the news programs. Yours was much more cheerful.
The Railway Museum was the only station in St. John’s. When I was a student here in the 1970s it was also the terminus for the cross-island buses so I had many the Friday afternoon dash from the university campus to the station to catch the bus home for the weekend! Thank you for this video…it captures so many of the reasons why we love living in town.
That station could rightly claim to have been at the eastern end of the only true coast-to-coast railway in any North American nation.
We went to Tromso Norway last year which was awesome, and really reminds me of St. John’s. If you haven’t been yet, I recommend it. Best to go in feb for the polar nights and northern lights
I agree . Just got back from Tromso last week .. and want to go again in the winter . It is awesome there
Dear Alicja and Steve, you have out done yourselves on this video. I can see why you keep going back to St. John's, it is beautiful. Perhaps one day I will visit this wonderful place.
This was great! I want to go to St. John's now. It does have a somewhat look of San Francisco in places. The fog just adds to the atmosphere and beauty. Thanks again! 😁👍
Ah, another Newfoundland video! 👍 Excellent to watch on a Saturday! ☀
Not sure this video is going very well today?
Nah, it's one of you gems Steve. Mind you, the interplay with Alicja's POV always takes it to the next level.
The houses in St. John’s are beautiful inside. I was in one with a third floor picture windows so you could see right out through the Narrows. One of my best photos is sunrise through the Narrows and Signal Hill in complete darkness from the Hotel Newfoundland.
A bit of railway trivia: 1988 is also the year the Canadian National Railway withdrew service from Prince Edward Island, my home province.
Passenger trains ceased operations in the 1970s in Tasmania, and in 2011 on Vancouver island. Also on Vancouver island, Englewood Railway was the last operating logging railroad in North America, it stopped running after a deadly derailment accident (no pun intended) in 2017.
Another great video. I so enjoy watching these as you show how people visit places "in real life". Due to an unexpected extra day in our upcoming trip, I was taking notes for our bonus day in St. Johns! I will definitely be getting pictures of the kids sitting on the dogs and the Railway Museum (and the Rooms) will be perfect. Thanks!
I'm a Canadian subscriber of yours but have never visited the maritimes. Thank you for sharing this historic part of my (very large) country with me! Those small mountains around St Johns were, millions of years ago, part of a mountain range that extended upwards to Scotland. On your next trip to Canada, I can recommend Quebec (and Quebec City) and many regions inside of BC.
Yes, the mountains that make up the Highlands also extend thru the Atlantic provinces and the Appalachians
Newfoundland and Labrador is not part of the maritimes; it's Atlantic Canada.
And further it was part of the atlas mountain range that is now Morocco
@@bcdave91 Yes, N&L is not part of 'the Maritimes'; conversely though it _and_ the three Maritime provinces are what makes up Atlantic Canada.
The church was beautiful you're right it did look like the sts of San Francisco I could see micheal Douglas and Karl malden flying down the St 😂😂😂a bit like norwayhouses to omg the all day breakfast place food looked amazing what a cosy atmosphere great video great place
Alicia the cat didn’t hate you. It was the smell of garlic on your fingers from the flat bread.😂😂😂 great video as always. Keep up the awesome job
Loved the video Steve !!..I can tell you both Love St John’s & Newfoundland !!..Had a good neighbor from St John’s she was a great lady & great neighbor..I now can see why ..keep up the great work Steve !!
Your downtown shopping spree is making me homesick! Very brave of you to jaywalk across Kenmount Road! Leo's is my Dad's and my favourite fish and chips shop. I love how much you both love St. John's.
Cool to have a wander about with you two! :-)
Wonderful city tour. Thank you for taking me with you!
Not bored. Watching x2.
My father was there in 1942, with army engineers or sea bees, to help the war effort. It was secret at the time, what ever they were doing.
Equally looking forward to that pub crawl 🥰
Love your channel as well! ❤️
I love Alicja's Polish accent - with a wee hint of Dundoodle, love it. Another super video 👍👍
I loved seeing all the colorful houses. I bet they help lift the spirits of people in their cold winters.
Remember that the British Empire was founded in St. John’s by Sir Humphrey Gilbert in 1597 during the reign of Elizabeth I . There’s a plaque on Water Street.
Love all your videos can't get enough of them
What a place what a video thanks for taking us along!
Ah, such a great place to visit!
I really envy you two, but .......
We`ll see what the future holds in stock 😘!
Thanks for letting us being part of your Newfoundland adventures 🤗👍✌!
You two make anywhere fun! 👍👍
What an interesting city to look around and such beautiful houses . Seems to be something great to see round every corner . Fantastic views from the museum , ( I love harbours ) and a great looking museum too . Well done walking around so much the day after that hike and for another great video
I live in central Canada and I needed two Scots to show me the east of my country! Thanks Steve and dziekuje, Alicja!
I always look forward to visiting St John's. Your video gives me some ideas how to visit this place.
Brilliant video guys and so great to get a tour round with you . St Johns looks absolutely beautiful, Would love to go there someday . Can't wait for the next video .
Thanks again for the video. always look forward to watching at the weekend 😃
In 2019 we travelled by train 🚂 from Halifax to Vancouver over a period of 4 weeks. Fantastic holiday. As you said Canadians are so friendly.
Thanks for showing me my hometown. I now live in Vancouver and haven't been home in over 20 years. So many memories!
Great tour of St John's, Thanks for sharing Steve and Alicja ☺
Gotta say, love all your videos especially with alicja, I actually think Scotland tops nearly all of your tours. I love Scotland and i'm English 🙂 , ive toured a lot of Scotland and driven around some of the west coast of Canada which is stunning. England has some amazing places but if you live in Scotland, that would be enough for me. 🙂👍
What a great place. Lovely painted houses.
What more can you ask for, great food, great pub and a cheap clothing bargain shop.
Catch both of you on the next one.
Love the bagel shop, Men without hats and Flock of Seagulls in the background.
OH Canada!! A great video, thank you.
Dear Steve. Your videos and the music you chose is breath taking .It stops the madness that comes with New York living.
Molasses is a by-product of sugar refining (either sugarcane or sugar beet) and it's a healthier substitute for refined sugar.
I'm from Queensland, Australia where there is plenty of sugarcane and molasses is fermented and then distilled to make rum.
A nice relaxing stroll compared to the trail the previous day. Some very good food and shopping to be had. 4 C in mid May 😱
St. Johns. What a wonderful enchanting place. Was there in June 96 for a brief stop. I absolutely loved it and the people. Very friendly. Thanks for sharing your experience.
I thought it had an 'other worldly' feel about it. Hard to put into words.
I was really concerned when you decided to run across Kenmount Rd. to get to Value Village, such a busy road. You are both doing my city proud with these videos, thanks so much and I am so glad that you enjoyed your recent visit here. Come back any time at all.
Greetings from Ann Arbor! St. John's looks like such a wonderful place to visit. I love the colorful homes and landscape. Also, as a former owner to a Chocolate Lab the history of this dog breed being valued in this culture. I never knew about the large immigration of Irish to the area so nice to learn something new.
Wonderful video of the capital of the province. It’s a beautiful city. My heart longs to be there, having a kitchen party with my friends and children!
Value Village has lots of hidden treasures! This was great!
Fair play getting out the next day to explore. Looking forward to the next video.
A great video as always. And what a fun day out…good food, a walkabout, history, treasure hunting at Value Village and a pub with live music. And kitties! Ticks all the boxes.
Another hidden Gem revealed by your good selves. 😊What an amazing place 👍
Newfoundland is one of only three provinces I haven't visited in my own country. I can't wait to get out there.
Also you've inspired me to start my own UA-cam channel. The GoPro showed up this weekend and I'm ready to get going. Thank you Steve.
Looking forward to it. What will your channel be called?
An interesting and relaxed video and all the better for not being interrupted by ad.s. I would like to see more more Canadian trips in the future, the country is so much more pleasant than a lot of its southern neighbour.
Thanks for the relaxing tour today. Look forward to more videos.
Even a broken clock is still right twice a day 😉
Hubby & I enjoyed this video very much, thanks for taking us along. We always learn so much too !
thank you Steve and Alicja.........wonderful..................take care of you..............☘☘☘
What a loverly juberly video this was of your wandering around St John's no.complaints on this thanks for sharing 👍 😀
Nice one guys I absolutely love these spontaneous videos. Keep them coming.
Mornin Steve and Alicja looks like a fun day after your hike the best view from the rooms museum love value city my kind of shop don’t pub crawl yet take care 😘🌿🌺☕️☕️
Hi Steve and Alicja
Another great video
Thank you for sharing
Wooden houss make sense in such high latitudes, they last a long time.
It is obvious, they are much quicker, cheaper and easier to build than brick houses. Even in Greece all the houses were wooden, one day all the trees were chopped down, and they started making bricks, they still used wood to burn the bricks though.
Even in the UK, most houses were wooden until well into the 1400s, in Norway most houses are wood, some city apartment buildings as well. Same thing in Sweden and Finland, but there they often cover their outer walls with brick. Denmark however is like 'UK, they ran out of wood, and have been building real brick houses for hundreds of years.
@@peroldenI know for a while that 40% of the new housing in Scotland was timber frame not sure what it is now. Whether our wooden houses are as durable as Scandinavian ones is another matter!
Am a full-time planet wanderer and have had no permanent home in 4+ years. And yet I still watch you guys travel - hahahaha. My last year has been - Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Albania, Ireland, US, UK, Norway, Germany & now in Australia.
Newfoundland is such a great place, and such great people! We went in late May 2022, and still found many attractions closed for the season - BUT, we definitely beat the summer crowds. We drove across the whole Island - the west coast is definitely worth a visit: the national park, the coast, the ferry to Labrador, the viking settlement. You really need a car, though. Thanks for bringing back memories!
Your channel is my therapy. Thanks both. ❤️
Another great video.
The coloured houses were great.
Nice to see you both enjoying the place.
That was a very enjoyable look around Steve. Those colorful houses remind me of the island of Burano in Venice. Well, without the canals. And with the Mooses!
the tickle trunk was Mr Dressup"s(tv show) magic trunk where he kept everything ,a kids tv show that aired many yrs in Canada
My maternal grandparents came from the Carbonear area in 1897, and settled just outside Boston. I visited the area a few year ago, and met some cousins. It was very rewarding.
I clearly emigrated to the wrong North American country 21 years ago. That Greek food looked great! I’d have got that $16 taco/fajita kit and somehow figured out how to cook it. Good call on St John’s looking like San Francisco - before you said that I was thinking it kind of reminds me of outer sunset in SF where I am - colourful houses, hills and permanent fog. Except there’s more to do in St John’s :)
I’ve been there several times. The people are wonderful. The food is great and the pubs are lively.
What a truly delightful tour and walk. Thank-you for bringing me along.
That was some hike you both did well done
It looks so nice there
Another great video
Hey, I’ve been watching your travels for a year now and I never thought that I would ever see you here in St. John’s. This is June 22 and in a way I wish it were back in May because it’s as hot as hell sitting on my deck here now, I’m looking forward to seeing the rest of the videos that you make about St. John’s and around. Welcome welcome welcome!
I lived in St John for 3 yrs in the early 80's. You brought back a lot of memories gor me. Rode the train to Port a Basque with my parents who were visiting from Scotland. It was called The Newfie Bullet. I also lived in Montrose so love your vlogs from there. Thank you.
Welcome to Canada! I was so excited to open my videos and see a new episode. The Tickle Trunk might be a reference to an iconic kids show called Mr Dress up. His Tickle Trunk had unlimited costumes and curiosities. Fond memories
If that fog goes, it won't be mist...🤔😁
😂😂😂 nice one 👍
There's a lot of Scottish history in Newfoundland because they built the Newfoundland railway. Ny father in law's family (Reid) was one of them - his family originated from the Reid clan on the highland borders near Perth in the mid 19th century.
Edit: ive never heard St. John's called fogtown tho it very obviously is, even after 25 years being married to a Newfoundlander.
Have a great weekend you guys 🙂
Just loved this video. Walking around, bus rides, window shopping ... exactly what I'd do on a visit. Thanks so much.
Thanks for the tour of St. John’s, my late dad used to talk about it often along with Halifax as he visited them often serving on HMS Icarus an escort destroyer in the last world unpleasantness.
He told the tale of the crew saving their tots of rum in a bottle with raisins on the way to Canada, once ashore getting a liquor licence and a large bottle of Coke and having a session before the journey back.
His little ship was involved in many operations but didn’t get many mentions, The Bismarck hunt, evacuation of Spitzbergen, operations Harpoon and Pedestal to supply Malta, “occupation” of Iceland and many Russian convoys many of which mustered on Loch Ewe, we visited the Artic Convoy Memorial on one of our many Scottish holidays.
He was based at Scapa and just before D-Day was transferred to the Royal Naval Police in Glasgow, he joked, or maybe not, that it was more frightening than the convoys.
Absolutely fascinating eh? That generation sure had some adventures, and obviously not always pleasant ones. So many tales to tell!
Thank you for taking us somewhere we wouldn't normally see.
Steve 'I'm getting too old for this' - age is only a number, although I agree the knees do tend to get tired. Keep up the good work with more of the same.