Monday 6 June 2011

Final notes

Woke up this morning at the airport. Steven already misses the gremlin. I probably should have mentioned that it was my aunt's old car and that she let us use it for the trip but in the excitement of hiding from my mom I forgot to mention it. As for Newfoundland, I figured I didn't mention enough about the culture. Because Newfoundland was heavily colonized there is very little left over of the first nations culture. They mostly speak English there and there is some remnant of the Acadian french culture left. This blend mostly shows itself in the accents of the residents. The people are lively and like to sing folk songs, most of which are ridden with accented words as well as words that only exist in Newfoundland.. In most of the smaller communities, starting a party is as easy as pulling the piano out onto the deck during the summer. Some might think that we've really given Labrador the short end of the stick here, but if you look at a map there's hardly anything there, it's mostly small fishing communities you need a boat to get to.

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