Workshop Tour- Day 1

What a gorgeous day! The colours are out in full here in Newfoundland and a 9-hour drive across the island gave us plenty of time to admire them. I took a few photos out the window, but these really don’t begin to capture the amazing scenery we saw, even from the highway.

Another bonus to driving across the island instead of flying is that I was immersed in French for 9 hours with the program coordinator and communications agent for the Fédération francophone de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador. As explained in a previous post, French may be my mother tongue, but if you don’t use it, you can lose it. Thanks to this program, I’ve found it again. Yay! I deliver my first workshop tomorrow morning at l’École Sainte-Anne in Grand’ Terre on the Port-au-Port peninsula – a land rich in French ancestry.

We arrived on the peninsula as the light was lowering in the sky. Luckily, the Alpacas of Newfoundland craft shop was still open. Since the place is up for sale, I decided to invest $80 in 2 pairs of these amazing alpaca wool socks that I don’t react to (which I do to sheep’s wool). Those I had bought during my 2011 road-trip are wearing thin in spots and I had expressed my need to come back here to get more the day I received the call about this job. Love that story! I also love having warm feet!

We’re staying at the Inn at the Cape in Cape St. George. I have a gorgeous room with a gorgeous view / balcony and the buffet supper was sooooo very good. We’re here for 3 nights. Nice!