
There are grand gestures in life. And grand landscapes and meals and people too. But, it’s often the small details that creep up on us and take all that grandness and bring it down to a scale that sticks in our minds and hearts. This theory is especially true when it comes to places.
Case in point, my recent travel in Newfoundland and Labrador. This is a place of grand size but it’s all its small details that have stuck in my mind and heart in the weeks since my visit. Whether it was a bit of homespun goodness like a cozy crazy quilt on your bed at night or the vivid colours in homes and landscapes, the fresh tastes of place, the turn of a phrase or the dramatic geography – I was completely charmed. I hope you’ll read on to see what I mean.
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