St. John's with Phred and Christina

Slept in today! Needed it. Then went shopping on Water St, met Christina and Phred at Classic Cafe for breakfast. Erik took Phred's advice and had salt fish and brewis and scrunchions as well as toutons with syrup. Really enjoyed it. Think tomorrow we might go back to Monty's for pea soup and dumplings and fried ham sandwich again. Might be a chilly ride back to the ferry again.
Phred is a third generation St. John's native and his grandfather came back from WWI and built a settler's house on Signal Hill. Phred took us to all his highlight spots in St John's and we got a personal history to go with the town. It was a very cool way to understand the character of the city. Then we headed to the Nfld's oldest lighthouse and the most easterly place in Canada, Cape Spear. Also the Gut, where Christina and Phred spent their honeymoon. What a gorgeous little inlet. All these places were strategic in military history in old and recent times. German u-boats tried to come in this Harbour and the American navy was stationed here to keep them out. The bunkers and cannons are still there to bear witness. Across the Harbour was a metal net to catch torpedoes. Effective. Earlier in history this was manned by the British to defend from the French and they would hang French soldiers by the Battery on a hill where they could be seen by all St. John's. Met Delia and Stu from Brooks for fish and chips at Kelly's on George St. Fabulous day.