Bemused

Ok, so this week has found me in beautiful St. John's, Newfoundland.

When I left Ottawa it was wonderfully summer but to my surprise when I arrived in St. John's it was still very much early spring. COLD! Luckily I had packed clothes that could be layered but for the most part I have been chilled and covered in goose bumps all week.

Finally, late yesterday morning the sun made it's first appearance, which was a welcome sight after the rain and fog and the sight-seeing tour that I had scheduled for the afternoon.

At 2:30 pm (Atlantic time-which is harder to adjust to than you would think) we filed into the bus and set out for Cape Spear. I tried to sit calmly as the bus snaked along the slightly narrow road along the mountains which overlooked the wharf. But every now and again I got this feeling that at any moment, on one of those tight bends in the road, the bus was going to roll and we'd all be splattered on the rocks below and our things would float away into the ocean.

Ok so maybe my imagination was getting the better of me but these bends were tiny and at more than one point the bus driver had to reverse and maneuver the bus around the bend awkwardly. Something tells me that if you have to do almost a 4 point turn to make a corner/bend in the road, then maybe - just maybe- you shouldn't be driving a bus up there. I'm just sayin'.