Wok N Roll with us...Bob and Teri Along with Atlas and Kalani: Fredericton, NB 8 /25 -28 /2015

Fredericton is the Capital of the Province of New Brunswick. The Legislative Assembly Building was built in 1882. The day that we visited it was pouring rain so we did not see the stone lady at the bottom of the outside dome. Had we seen her, we would have asked our wonderful docent Alex what she was supposed to symbolize. Regardless, the next day, with better weather, we took pictures of the outside and we posted her just the same.

After having our Driver's licenses researched on our visit, we proceeded into the portrait gallery. The first one shown is a painted portrait from 1806 of the Earl of Sheffield. With being over 200 years old, we thought this was pretty awesome to see. We then proceeded up the self supporting spiral staircase, supported from the walls only, to the Assembly Chambers. The Assembly Chambers reflected the Victorian era when it was first created. Young Alex, our knowledgeable docent, shared with us how New Brunswick is the only province with both English and French as their official language and we saw the translator machines that were at every seat, including in the gallery. We learned how New Brunswick also uses the Mace, like in Nova Scotia. We also visited the Senate Chambers(within the assembly building) and like Nova Scotia, it is no longer active within the Provience. In New Brunswick their last Senate session was held in 1892. We have included a picture of that last session. Alex shared with us for 1 and 1/2 hours about the various things going on in the parliament today and within the various parties too. Bob was so in his element with young Alex. Alex was impressed by what Bob knew about how their process worked and about who is running and Alex was also eager to hear US stories concerning politics as well. We all learned so much Bob, Teri and Alex too. The Legislature is in recess until December, so sprucing and cleaning was going on when we visited. Still it was great to see the Legislative Building. What a fun day, while rainy, we felt that we saw and learned a lot, and we had a great lunch at the Blue Door, all while our truck was being serviced! Our tour was supposed to be 20 minutes and Alex spent well over 90 minutes with us. By the way, while we seldom put in a plug for restaurants, the Blue Door was so tasty that we returned there on our second day in Fredericton, and had the same thing to eat too! The Blue Door

Next we visited the City Hall in Fredericton. What a beautiful building. We went upstairs where we were treated to a view of the working of the clock ( that is seen outside) and also where the city council meetings are held, as well as 27 tapestries, all done by one person, covering 200 years of history of the area. She was one busy lady!

From here we were off to the changing of the guard. Not only was the changing of the guard shown but also various techniques used in the early days including bayonet training, the square and the skirmish line.

Next we were off to the Beaverbrook Art Gallery. We had hoped to see a Dali painting they were supposed to have there, but they were in the process of changing exhibits, so we were able to view what they had on display on a donation basis only. One of their exhibits that were on display that we did enjoy, however, was the Doc Edgerton (1903-1990) exhibit. It was entitled 'Freezing Time' and the things he accomplished with photography in the years indicated we thought were quite amazing. Enjoy the pictures.