Some quick and dirty panoramas/views from this evening's gorgeous walk.
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I had some delicious beef shwarma from Mohammed Ali's. It's right next to the National War Memorial, surrounded by trendy shops/cafes like Fixed, Broken Books, and Model Citizens. And that's only a few steps from Harbourside Park at King's Beach:
I strolled around Water and Duckworth for a while. The farther east you walk on those streets, the less steep the hill to get back up into the residential areas becomes. I usually walk as far east as Cavendish Square and loop back to Georgestown via Military Road. But today I decided to hoof it up Pilot's Hill instead.
Staircases and retaining walls. They help give St. John's a little more grit than a city of jellybean rowhouses might normally have.
I envy those whose homes front onto hidden alleys. There's something so private and personal and lovely about it to me. A real romance.
I finally made it to Colonial Street, which is just about at the top of the hill. It faces toward our former Parliament, which is currently being fixed up.
Some of the trees in Bannerman Park, which surrounds the Government grounds, have many leaves now. They're the first leaves I've noticed in the city this spring. And it's already June. Amazing.
The back end of Bannerman Park is a very popular place for teens and 20/30-somethings to wind down on weekdays. There's always a crowd lying around or playing some light sports if the weather is fine. There are probably about 50 people in this shot, though you can't really tell.
The area behind Bannerman Park has some of the few modern homes in the Old Town area. Formerly large estates were broken up and developed over the past decades. While heritage buildings front the main streets, in the back lanes you can find modern homes where gardens used to be.
And then it was back through Georgestown to my home in Rabbittown. The sunset was gorgeous, though my cell phone couldn't do it justice.
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