Miramichi to Fredericton
Somehow, we were a little slow getting on the road again today, but it wasn't a real full day, so it was no big deal. Celeste had an uncomfortable night due to the large lobster meal late in the day and did not sleep well.
On our way from Miramichi to Fredericton, we stopped to check out this old covered bridge. There are many of them dotted all over New Brunswick, but this is the first one we have come across.
Our first stop in Fredericton was at Old Government House. As it was early in the season, we had the new tour trainee and her trainer all to oursleves. We had a great and detailed tour of a very impressive and historic building. The restoration job was fantastic. It has a history similar to Government House in Regina. It was turned over to several other uses over the years, renovated several times, and many of its atrifacts were lost, but it has been restored to near its original grandeur.
We went on to tour several other things in town. We visited their legislature and watched a few minutes of someone's speech, but there was actually very little there that we were allowed to tour. We took a walking tour of the Garrison District in the old downtown which included many historic buildings. The old part of town is very pretty and quaint with very few buildings more than two stories and I don't think we saw any more than three or four. We briefly stopped at Christ Church Anglican Cathedral before finally moving on to the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University to see if Brett had left any lasting impressions, but the place was still standing and seemed to be in good shape.
We arrived at the hotel at 6. I napped for an hour while Celeste looked up everything we have seen so far on Wikipedia. Just before dusk, we went for a walk to a nearby botannical garden. It was in the very early stages of an ambitious project, but it was a nice walk in the woods, except for the mosquitoes.
Today was the nicest day so far. It wasn't any warmer, but the breeze was the lightest we have seen, probably because we were away from the coast.
On our way from Miramichi to Fredericton, we stopped to check out this old covered bridge. There are many of them dotted all over New Brunswick, but this is the first one we have come across.
Our first stop in Fredericton was at Old Government House. As it was early in the season, we had the new tour trainee and her trainer all to oursleves. We had a great and detailed tour of a very impressive and historic building. The restoration job was fantastic. It has a history similar to Government House in Regina. It was turned over to several other uses over the years, renovated several times, and many of its atrifacts were lost, but it has been restored to near its original grandeur.
We went on to tour several other things in town. We visited their legislature and watched a few minutes of someone's speech, but there was actually very little there that we were allowed to tour. We took a walking tour of the Garrison District in the old downtown which included many historic buildings. The old part of town is very pretty and quaint with very few buildings more than two stories and I don't think we saw any more than three or four. We briefly stopped at Christ Church Anglican Cathedral before finally moving on to the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University to see if Brett had left any lasting impressions, but the place was still standing and seemed to be in good shape.We arrived at the hotel at 6. I napped for an hour while Celeste looked up everything we have seen so far on Wikipedia. Just before dusk, we went for a walk to a nearby botannical garden. It was in the very early stages of an ambitious project, but it was a nice walk in the woods, except for the mosquitoes.
Today was the nicest day so far. It wasn't any warmer, but the breeze was the lightest we have seen, probably because we were away from the coast.
posted by Celeste at
7:00 p.m.
1 Comments:
How were you able to nap while Mom was reading Wikipedia? Surely she found all sorts of fascinating facts to read aloud!
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Carla, at 2:25 p.m.
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