Trinity Newfoundland in July - When the wildflowers are in bloom

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Trinity Newfoundland Lupins

Trinity Newfoundland takes our breath away! I don't know if you feel the same way: before a trip to an unknown region, I get an idea of ​​what it looks like there just by preparing. But this time I was completely wrong in my expectations. We had hoped to see a small iceberg drifting past the Newfoundland coast from time to time, and we had expected rough cliffs, lots of wind and wild nature. After all, we were on “the rock”, a region of Canada that has a reputation for being pristine wilderness.

 

 

The iceberg season is over in July

We left the hope of icebergs behind us very quickly when, in temperatures between 25 and 30 degrees and in bright sunshine, we arrived in St. John's. No iceberg can withstand such heat for long, no matter how large it may be. Well, the wind was there – at least on Signal Hill and Cape Spear. There were also cliffs, and nature was right on our doorstep. But that's about it. Newfoundland, however, had something in store for us that we hadn't expected at all and that we hadn't read about in any travel guide: a paradise of wildflowers.

 

Petar amidst lupins in Trinity Newfoundland
Petar amidst wild lupins in Trinity Newfoundland

Trinity Newfoundland is a sea of ​​flowers in July

July is the perfect time to visit Trinity Newfoundland, when nature on the island is in full bloom. On all of our trips through the country, the roadsides were thickly overgrown with flowers of all sorts of colors. Most beautiful, however, was our stay in Trinity, a small fishing village on the east coast of the island. The village is typical of Newfoundland towns: the houses are scattered across a small peninsula in a sheltered spot on the coast. Gardens are rare, and when they exist, freshly washed laundry blows in the wind on the clothesline. Only rarely do you see a few laboriously tended vegetable beds and even more rare are flower beds.

This may be because the people here were fishermen and their lives were always about surviving in a harsh environment. The work was hard and exhausting. There wasn't much time to create decorative gardens. Perhaps the reason for the lack of landscaped flower gardens is simply that nature provides an incomparable spectacle here.

 

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A wild mess of lupins, wild clover, daisies and marigolds in the meadows around Trinity Newfoundland

Trinity Newfoundland is a sea of ​​lupins

Lupines grow lush on the slopes and wild in the gardens. In between, the pink clover, white daisies and sunny yellow marsh marigolds shine in a colorful mixture of wildflowers. A true feast for anyone who loves wild nature.

 

Daisies in Trinity Newfoundland
White daisies in front of the deep blue bay protected by the Trinity Newfoundland peninsula

 

A walk through the village turns into a great experience for the senses. While the wind blows through the sea of ​​flowers, you walk past brightly painted houses that light up like splashes of color behind the fields of white, blue and red flowers and provide the perfect backdrop for great summer pictures.

 

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True flower art works grow along the streets of Newfoundland

 

In any case, one thing has been proven: in the future I will try not to form an opinion about a region that I do not know before I get there. Most of the time things turn out differently, and you are often surprised by the local conditions. In any case, I will remember Newfoundland in July as a wildflower paradise. I don't need icebergs there. They are a reason for another trip to "the rock" - a little earlier in the year.

 

 

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Sources Trinity Newfoundland: On-site research supported by Tourism Newfoundland and the Canadian Tourism Commission

Text Trinity Newfoundland: © Copyright Monika Fuchs, TravelWorldOnline
Photos Trinity Newfoundland: © Copyright Monika Fuchs, TravelWorldOnline
Video Trinity Newfoundland: © Copyright Petar Fuchs, TravelWorldOnline

Trinity Newfoundland in July - When the wildflowers are in bloom

Monika Fuchs

Monika Fuchs and Petar Fuchs are the authors and publishers of the Food and Slow Travel blog  TravelWorldOnline. They have been publishing this blog since 2005. TravelWorldOnline has been online since 2001. Their topics are trips to Savor, wine tourism worldwide and slow travel. During her studies Monika Fuchs spent some time in North America, where she - partly together with Petar Fuchs - traveled to the USA and Canada and spent a research year in British Columbia. This intensified her thirst for knowledge, which she satisfied for 6 years as an adventure guide for Rotel Tours and then for 11 years as a tour guide for Studiosus Reisen around the world. She was constantly expanding her travel regions, but curiosity still gnawed at her: "What's beyond the horizon? What else is there to discover in this city? Which people are interesting here? What do they eat in this region?" As a freelance travel journalist (her articles have appeared in DIE ZEIT, 360° Canada, 360° USA, etc.), she is now looking for answers to these questions as a travel writer and travel blogger in many countries around the world. Petar Fuchs produces the videos on this blog as well as on YouTube. Monika Fuchs from TravelWorldOnline is among Germany's top 50 bloggers in 2021. Find more Information about Monika and Petar Fuchs here.