There were many times when we felt we had slipped the bonds of the present day and had travelled back a few decades. This was oddly comforting.
In cafes and diners, even those in sizable towns, we saw these
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| note the attached paper phone book |
wifi and cell coverage has not been consistent, and many places did not have the capacity for accepting credit cards, but in one B&B we were asked to pay by cheque! Thankfully, we had been warned and spent time hunting out our old chequebook to bring with us.
Newfoundland has a very homogenous population, which seems alien to us, a cultural throwback, as Vancouver is full of faces and languages from different cultures. We saw two Asians, who stereotypically owned Chinese restaurants in two different towns, and one young Indian woman who had recently moved to St. John's.
One of our favourite nights was in a house that friends' parents had recently inherited and that would be turned into visitor accommodation. Unchanged since the original owners, we were the first ones to appreciate living back in the late 1960s
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combination cocktail hutch,
display cabinet, turntable, radio
and fireplace |
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| two tone toilet |
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| spare room as a waiting room? |
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| waiting for an evening guest |
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| kitchen chair and fab flooring |
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| that, ladies and gentleman, is an 8 track |
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| one of many, many ashtrays |
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