We are in Newfoundland. Outside is a typical Atlantic weather - which means it is not quite like the one you see on the picture.
So, we landed in St. John’s at something shortly after one o’clock (Newfoundland time, mind you… have you ever had difficulties converting their time? 
At the time of landing conditions were precisely ‘Cat. II’, - which in some sense had made our lives easier - we simply delegated the authority to land aircraft… to the aircraft itself, and just monitored the whole thing.
Stephen, our limo driver, was waiting for us at the airport.
He met us, and he was ‘very Steve’, as always, - cheering us up by cracking jokes, talking the latest news, reporting on who he’d seen lately, where he’s been.. I heard that quite a few people in WestJet routinely regard Steve as one of us, WestJetters. Sure he is!
Certainly, we touched a topic of the day: Icebergs. Asked on ‘if there’s still some around’, he plainly remarked: “Could hardly see some in such a fog’.
This fact was solid and clear, as if ‘made of ice’. To save a day for us he passed his camera to check out pictures with icebergs he took a few days ago. Well, I wish it were a day like the one on the picture.. But there was nothing to do but enjoy the ‘typically Atlantic day’..
So we did..
We had a late lunch (or was it a supper? - how do they call it here, in the Newfoundland, where in some places you can easily get breakfast at 2 p.m.), made a walk under ‘fresh Atlantic drizzle’.. I took a few pictures, of course, but it figures:) - forgot a connecting cable at home, and you won’t see imagery of the ‘typically Atlantic day in St. John’s’ until Monday, at least.
But Steve gave me a hand. He sent a few images via e-mail, and now, seating in a cozy hotel room, looking outside into the window, (seeing near to nothing, though) listening to the ‘Folk Music of St. John’s, Newfoundland’ on my Mac, I’m also writing this report.
Chances are, we won’t depart tomorrow on the schedule. In this case I’ll go to a shop, and ask them to burn images from my camera onto CD, - what makes them available on the Mac. And you’ll see them tomorrow.. Well - thanks to the ‘typically Atlantic weather’ If the weather improves, then - sorry, see you on Monday:)
And there’s a couple of images from those Steve sent me before
There’s always something going on in Newfoundland, because it is a very attractive place. Or, vice versa..
St. John’s Newfoundland. June, 29.
10.01 p.m.. uh.. what time is in Calgary now? I’d better ’skype’ my wife to find out:)
June 29th, 2007 at 9:54 pm
Fog and drizzle, eh?
You know what they say about the newfie weather; if you don’t like it now just wait one hour for it to change.
I lived there for eight years and miss everthing except the climate. Unfortunately, now I have to deal with the Montreal humidity. Oh well.
Oh yeah, love the Moose, or is it meese?!?
June 30th, 2007 at 10:03 pm
Hey, Evgeni,
Newfoundland is great, and I’m kinda looking forward for a time when I can go over there for a few days, and explore it in more details, so to speak.
Re: weather. That’s alright - earlier today, when we were departing from ‘the Rock’, the weather was so gorgeous that we got really jealous about it.
Got a few shots of the big chunks of ice floating around the island, would qualify for icebergs, hopefully: I’ll post them tomorrow, when I get home.
“”"”Oh yeah, love the Moose, or is it meese?!?”"”" - what are you talking about?
It is the cow moose that just had a baby. Or, you mean something really ‘newfie’?
How did you find this site?
Talk to you soon
July 1st, 2007 at 9:23 am
Privet Sergey,
Disregard the moose comment, it’s my poor jab at newfie humour.
I found your site from the flickr link. I’m the fella originally from Murmansk, you gave me great info about flying in Russia on your other site.
Anyways, keep up the great work.
July 1st, 2007 at 4:01 pm
Hey, howdy,
Nice to hear from you.
Speaking of ‘humor’, ‘jokes’, etc., the same may be applied to me at times when I’m trying to be ’smart’ and use some ‘patterns of Albertan - cowboys’ - talk. Oh, yeah, people like it, and they do laugh :))
As of Murmansk, the Newfoundland coast line I believe, in some areas looks pretty similar to that of Kola Peninsula. I’ll post more pictures taken on the departure from YYT, and also, as we flew along the coast en route to Toronto.
How’s you pursuit of pilot career going,
Keep in touch,
Clash
July 2nd, 2007 at 12:37 pm
Howdy,
It’s a shame I don’t know any cowboy jokes. I’m planning on heading there next summer job hunting; So I will have to get in touch with my wild, wild west. Who knows, maybe I’ll end up looking like the stereotypical albertan.
I’ve actually never seen the coastline of the kola peninsula, never had the chance. But I’ll take your word for it since you probably had the opportunity to observe it from the air.
My pilot career will ‘take off’ once I graduate from university. Until next spring I must patiently wait and dream of the big blue sky. Of course, your blog helps pass the time.
Evgeni
July 3rd, 2007 at 1:28 am
Let me know when you are going to go to Alberta.
As for your aspiring the flying career, - we should start a specifically designated line for young guys like yourself.
See the new post with a few aerial images of the icebergs.
Cheers,
C.