Day 1 (September 30, 2022):





Air Saint Pierre ATR-42 from Halifax to Saint-Pierre. 


The hotel where I stayed. Built in 2021. 


Typical European design:  heater on the bathroom wall and toilet with flush mechanism built into the wall. 


French plugs. 230-voltage 


Typical newer construction in the quarter across the harbour from the centre of Saint Pierre. 


The colourful hospital - about 10 years old. 


View of the Saint Pierre harbour. 

Archives 


Typical French architecture 


The Prefect’s main residence.  President Charles de Gaulle stayed here in 1967, when he did his famous trip to Quebec and said those infamous words, “Vive le Quebec libre!”


War memorial 


There is basically no English here. But apparently the French use the English expression “back to school”. 

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