Sorry that we couldn't stay for Arlo's concert in St John

Above, the theatre, where, if we had stayed in St John,
we could have gone to the Arlo Guthrie concert and below, the Eagles Nest,
where we did some shopping.

Saint John is a pleasant town to explore. I was impressed with the architecture of the local churches and fine red-brick town houses, which although they all took their inspiration from English styles, nevertheless seemed to have a distinctive Canadian style of their own. Every so often we would be passed by a horse drawn bus, with sightseers. We saw so many of these horse-drawn vehicles, our walk must have taken in most of the main sights. Strolling through a pleasant public park, we were impressed with a forthcoming show at the theatre. Had we been able to spend some time in Saint John we would definitely have bought tickets for Arlo Guthrie's tribute to Woody Guthrie. Our trail took us back to the shops and I helped one of my friends choose a beautiful and very reasonably priced autumnal-coloured scarf for herself. Feeling in the need of refreshments again, we went into a modern shopping precinct to find a Tim Horton's, a coffee/tea and snack chain, which can be found all over Canada. It was sited near a shop called

the "Eagles Nest", which had many clothes in a sort of a Canadian Indian-style, which I found so attractive, I was tempted to spend a fortune in there. I was able to buy a Canadian top as a souvenir and Birthday present for my youngest son there. Pleased with the exploring and shopping we had achieved, we were all reluctant to leave Saint John New Brunswick, although keen to see Halifax on the following day.