NEWFOUNDLAND
This rabbit-shaped island off the northeast coast of Canada is a land of puffins, whales, icebergs, and lighthouses. St. John’s is colorful port with its row of “jelly bean” houses. Trinity is a charming village of 19th century buildings surrounded by gardens of pink and purple lupines. We discovered a puffin colony in a habitat on the peninsula. The salmon were jumping in the streams near Gros Morne, a glacial fjord. The carnivorous pitcher plant is the national flower. On the tip of the Northern Peninsula is a recently discovered Viking village at L’Anse aux Meadows, maybe predating Columbus.
