HEARTS DESIRE

A few years ago, we had a very young couple join one of our ’12 Day Comprehensive Newfoundland & Labrador’ tours. The average age of our guests sits around 70 years, and though seventy is the new fifty, these two fell well outside the bell curve. A mere youngster at 35, while she might have…

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HIGH FIVE

There’s a brilliant information board located on the top of Signal Hill that features a map of the ‘Newfoundland Centered World’. Though partially presented in fun, it is a wonderful reference point where guests gain a better appreciation for St. John’s geographic location, and our proximity to so many major centers.   “… Newfoundland centered…

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KEEPING IT REAL

We take some criticism for not “Tuning” the photographs we use in our McCarthy’s Party social media posts. My cousin David tells me we live in a digital age and the human eye has come to expect vivid displays of colour on our electronic screens. In order to find and maintain an audience, he insists…

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SPEAKING IN TONGUES

My wife had just returned from Switzerland where she spent the better part of the summer with our 2 young children. I was working on the mainland while they were away so when we reunited all hands were anxious to get to Bonavista to spend some time in our beautiful seaside cottage (www.marbellacottage.com) , visit…

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