We arrived at Grand Falls-Windsor around 5pm and were immediately spoilt with a pot luck 'Newfie Night' dinner.
[Suz would like everyone to know that her hosts Mike & Shelia were UNREAL and that she got to ride to the dinner on Mike’s uber-cool bike. (“Dont worry” says Mike, “I’m president of the Motorcycle Safety Association”. “No wukkas” says Suz, “Let ‘em eat our dust!” ...And they did! BROOOOM!!)]
We sampled Moose Stew (oh so yummy), Cod Au Gratin, Toutons, Scallops in white sauce and so many other Newfoundland dishes, both traditional and imported favorites.
And guess what...another “Screech In” ceremony!
This time we were forced to stand in a bucket of ice cold water to take our oath of allegiance, presided over by Suz’s host, Mike. Colin promptly emptied a bag of ice into the bucket just as I (Shannon) stepped in, to make sure it was extra specially cold! Lucky the shot of rum warmed our cold toes. This time there was no biting heads off fish, but we did have to kiss one.
Oath of Allegiance:
Mike: “Is you a Newfoundlander?”
Inductee: “Indeed I is me ole cock, and long may your big jib draw!”
(Aforementioned Newfoundland dictionary required!)
On Wednesday we all went off to vocational days.
I was at the Advertiser, a community newspaper in Grand Falls-Windsor. The editor and I had a great chat about newspapers in general (he gushed over the colour in our papers- they have very few colour pages in newspapers in Atlantic Canada) and in general was impressed with the quality of our product.
I then went out most of the day to a fire department training event, where I hung out with Vince the fire chief and the reporter Krysta, taking photos and generally causing mischief where it was deserved.
The firefighters (volunteer, like our RFS) were very pleased to have attracted an Australian journalist for the day, but managed to remain concentrating on their work, despite my 'distinct' accent interrupting their conversations half the time.
That night we went to the home of Paul and Vanessa Howard (who were hosting Colin and David) for a BBQ. A very fun-filled night was had, and although I’m not telling tales, one of our team managed to find a bottle or two of wine that he liked quite a lot!
David with Paul (host) and Lisa (President):
Team with club president, Lisa Orlando-Frisby:
All the team have voted the Grand Falls – Windsor experience to be entirely memorable and a great deal of fun! We made some great and lasting friends in that town.
Unfortunately, we had to move on from GF – W, but were excited to head to our next stop.... Gander.
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