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Newfoundland, St. John's and surrounding areas onto western NL and onto the ferry

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June 23 Monday We got an early start after running the girls a little bit and went into St. John’s where we saw a giant iceberg.  St. John’s didn’t grab us particularly but there is a lot to do in the area so we will be quite busy. We had a snack outdoors – it was 70 and sunny – and then headed to the Synagogue- Below is the Synagogue and random pics of our day in St. John's. yup there is one though there are only about 450 Jews on Newfoundland and Labrador. We will hopefully go to Friday night services.   June 24 Tuesday We had a wonderful day though the girls weren’t with us. We went on Molly Bawn to see the puffins at Witless Bay Ecological Reserve. We chose them because it was a small boat and it was much less than other tours. It was superb. Janeen, a marine biologist from Germany, talked with us the entire hour ++ and we saw amazing puffins diving, swimming, soaring and murres. We also saw a couple of eagles and sheep. It was a gor