August 1 in St. Pierre.

Three of us on the ferry to St. Pierre, were all bundled up as it was quite cold and windy. The weather was good though and we saw the coast along the way over.

They switched to the French flag when we entered French waters.

A view of St Pierre from the water.

This town huddled by the edge of the bay was also cute and filled with bright colored buildings.

The white boat in the back was our ferry. We arrived around 9:00 AM and spent the night.

Mostly we walked around town and shopped. Of course the licence plates are French.

The island has a population of 6000 people and most of them reside within the town. The streets were amazingly empty at times, especially during the noon hour when everything closes for lunch. Stores seem to be able to decide their own hours and days of operation.

The streets are quite narrow with one way traffic. There are lots of cars.

The bright colors help alleviate the dreariness of the grey foggy days, especially in the winter.

The largest and probably oldest church.

City Hall I think.

Detour in English.

For my door collection.

We thought we might visit this historical island in the morning but it was foggy and rainy so we decided to skip it. It is not far off shore from St Pierre.

These people were learning to sail in the harbour.

The breakwater with a light house. Wow the sky is blue today.

Susan looking back towards town.

Door of the lighthouse.

It was hard to get a picture of this flower, it was so weird.

One of the oldest houses in town.

We took a bus tour around the island in the afternoon. It is amazing how quickly the fog can roll in.


Fog on the rocks looks like a moonscape.

Another coastal view.

This is the passenger terminal area of the airport. They have only one small jet plane but they must also receive flights of other airlines.

This is the new hospital building.

A view as we were coming back to town.

The graveyard had some old stones. They require the families of the deceased to maintain the stones and plots in good condition. If there are no family left to do that they will remove the grave and place what is left of the remains in a building designed for that purpose.

They speak mostly French but most shops speak enough English that we had no trouble. We didn't try to go to the other French Islands and felt that 24 hours is plenty of time to see what is here if the weather co-operates.