High over St. John's and down low under

Today we went to the Tripadvisor #1 Thing to See in St. John's.

Signal Hill is the highest point in the city.  It was used for fortifications and for communication.  Marconi received the first wireless transatlantic message here.

Cabot Tower is atop the hill.  We didn't learn what is was all about because.......

But this area is really all about the view

You can see the whole city below.

Many people choose to walk up the hill.  "Many" ,   not all.

You can also see the Narrows, the small channel that opens up into the harbor.  The cruise ships enter here.  A ranger told me that because it is so windy, many
cruise ships do not come into the harbor, but choose to pass on by.






After visiting Signal Hill, we went down the hill to the Geo Center.  The entrance is on ground level but all exhibits are below ground. This is as it should be as the center is all about the geology of the earth and particularly Newfoundland.  There were exhibits about oil and gas exploration and a large exhibit about the Titanic, which hit that iceberg just off the coast of Newfoundland.  We also saw a 3D movie about James Cameron, of the movie Titanic fame, and his special diving apparatus that went to the deepest part of the ocean, in New Guinea.  I felt the claustrophobia just sitting in the theater.