Norstead

I'd wanted to take my dolls to Norstead for some interesting photos, and we arrived right when it opened before it got too busy. Norstead is an authentic recreation of a Viking port of trade from the Viking era (790 - 1066 AD), situated on the coast in northern Newfoundland, in the village of L'Anse aux Meadows not far from the Unesco World Heritage Site, where the remains of a Viking settlement from the 11th century was discovered in 1960.  Unfortunately it was another very windy, bright sunny day, and worse, most of the photos would have to be taken into the sun, but again, I had no choice, so had to make the best of it.

Grace and Jude went to check out the boat shed..

It houses a 54 foot replica of a Viking knarr, which was specially built in Greenland, and sailed to L'Anse aux Meadows in 1998 with a crew of nine men. ​

Everything in Norstead has been meticulously researched and built to be as authentic as possible. ​

 The buildings are constructed of timber, with dirt floors, wood panelled walls, and covered with a thick layer of sod. There's a chieftain's hall, a church, and workshops.

It is located on the coast at the tip of the northern peninsula, just 2 kilometres from the Unesco World Heritage Viking Site, the only authenticated site of a thousand year old viking settlement in North America.
​A lone iceberg can be seen floating by in the distance...

Grace felt right at home...

..as it was much like Jude's home village....

Jamie had been fishing all morning, and had caught a large fish....

...and proudly brought it to show his Dad...

..who was quite impressed....

Grace thought it would be perfect for dinner...

...and went to fetch some more water...