Once again, without much foreplanning the quest was quickly booked. I was of on another grand adventure. This was the first time I travelled to Europe in the end of October. As usual I departed from the Saint John Airport, and connected in Montreal to London Heathrow. The flight itself was rather uneventful and me…
It was sunny, and warm 23C late summer morning. My first year being away from home in Fredericton NB at St. Thomas University at 9:46am I would have been waiting by the door for the class before mine to end. By 10:03am, I was sitting by the door listening to my second morning Introduction to…
This was a rough bus ride. We drove a while and ended up at the Chateau de Cruix. There was a great wine tasting here. Though the cheese was great the wine had trouble going down after puking so much the night before. After dinner we had an easy nighty and skipped the party. We…
Start by going to the Arc de Triumph with the group then ditched them and explored the entire Champs-Élysées. Of special note was the amazing pastry in the back alley. Then from near the Louvre took the Metro to Bonne Nouvelle (Good news). I got out and seen 2 amazing Arches. Then want to the…
Continuation of a series from a Travel Log I found from my 2013 Contiki trip Got up early and started the bus journey. Met the ferry and had breakfast. Finally made it to Paris. We did a city tour by bus, had some snails then spent the night going up the Eiffel Tower. I took…
This morning I was cleaning out some old notebooks and I found a travel journal I started during my 2013 Contiki trip to Europe. This was the trip that I added Monaco and Liechtenstein to my list of travelled countries. Day 1 – London Great flight. Heathrow went quite quickly. I thought that I had…
This was written in the early 2000’s this segment was recorded over and I no longer have the video. It originally aired on Rogers Television on a news program called Focus NB. Lead: There are many disabilities faced by New Brunswickers. One of the most noticeable is cultural deafness. Our Reporter Charles Frees-Melvin brings us…
Weldon Creek #3 Bridge, built in 1923, is 18.3 metres long.
Point Wolfe Covered Bridge, built in 1992, is 28.8 metres long.
Millstream River #5 Covered Bridge, built in 1911, is 28.9 metres long.
Smith Creek #5 Covered Bridge, built in 1910, is 28 metres long. This is the bridge on the 1992 125th Canada quarter for New Brunswick.
Trout Creek #4 Covered Bridge, built in 1905, is 20.1 metres long.
Trout Creek #5 Bridge, was built in 1923, and is 17.8 metres long.
Mirkish Inlet #1 built in 1920 is 66.5 metres long. When I visited this bridge it was under renovations.
Gaspereau River #2 Bridge, built in 1912 is 49.8 metres long.
Mill Brook #0.5 Bridge, built in 1900, is 24.5 metres long. This bridge is the oldest in New Brunswick and is near a really cool end of an old larger bridge.
