St. John, Fredericton, Maine

Good day everyone! Jon and I are in Maine, USA. We accidentally booked a motel in the states because it was cheaper. We didn’t even think twice about it. We’re staying in Madawaska which is really close to the Canada/USA border.

This morning, I made peanut butter and nutela sandwiches for breakfast and lunch. We also had an apple for breakfast. Jon’s tummy was feeling bad after eating it. We weren’t sure if it was the sandwich or the apple. The apple was not a good tasting apple.

We drove to Reversing Falls to see the river in the opposite direction. However, when we went there at 11:30am, it was still going the same way it did yesterday when we saw it. So we drove down to downtown St John which was where we went yesterday. We walked around the Saint John city Market. It was similar to our Richmond Public Market. There were produce stands, gift shops and fish markets. It was quite neat. Afterwards, we walked pass Brunswick Square into Market Square. We thought there would be a beach party but I think it will happen later tonight.
Unfortunately, we won’t be there for it. We then walked to Barbour’s General Store. I thought it was a 19th century shop but it was a museum. We then walked to King’s square which is a nice park with assorted statues.

Then, we drove back to reversing falls to see the river. It had reversed. It was quite cool.

We then drove to Fredericton. We walked along Queen Street. There were shops there.
At City Hall, there was a gathering of army personnel and the mayor. I think the army raised money for a foundation by biking and was presenting it there. We asked the information desk but they weren’t of much help.

We walked through Garrison District. There were old buildings with military barracks. At this point, Jon ate another sandwich to confirm the cause of his stomach ache. Indeed, it was the sandwich as I have a stomach ache too.

Afterwards, we drove to Beaverbrook Art Gallery because they had a Salvador Dali painting. We’re aware of his work because we saw a short film by Disney and Salvador Dali called Destino. Unfortunately, the piece was out on load at another museum so we never got to see it. Jon was disappointed. Anyways, the museum had nice pieces. Although, Jon thought the security guard was following him.

We drove by Nackawic and saw the world’s largest axe. It was quite impressive.

We arrived at the border around 6:20pm. They stopped us there and searched our car for 20 minutes. It was annoying but understandable. We are at our motel now which is 3 minutes from the border. We’ll be heading towards Ottawa tomorrow. We’re not sure if we’ll make it all the way.

Have a good night!