Vikings and travels

I got there to L'Anse aux Meadows - once called Lancey meadows by those who did not realise that it had been named by the French.
Again, when faced by the Viking saga, I was amazed at the extent of their travels and their influence on the world in general. They were such a fierce curious race- obstacles were there to be overcome.
The little B and B was very nice .
But I only wanted so see what I had known about with the Vikings. I walked outside- it was foggy and it seemed to be placed amongst the moors- sort of like in Wuthering Heights type thing. It was isolated and cold. Out on the sea , an iceberg calmly continued its path towards the other side of Newfoundland - where were the Vikings?
Stalwart and full of enthusiasm I set off down the road - following directions like a sensible person. I looked out across the moors and peat bogs- gazing steadily at me was a huge moose carrying a rather large rack( antlers). he didn't move - I wondered if I should. A moose can weigh about 500kg- big beasties. I gazed , in a friendly fashion signally that i was non threatening - then continued on my way. It stood - watching. I walked- faster; turned left down a side road and soon lost sight of the moose- then I breathed.
Came to a Viking replica village - on the coast, right next to the water. The buildings here are often built right close to the water as the bays are so shallow- centimetres deep- due to the glaciation . It is only when you get right out to sea that the depth increases- the jetties are all rather long. The bays are littered with granite rocks deposited by the glaciers- they are rocks that could be picked up if one so desired.
Anyway- I found the Viking place - I found the archeological dig where the presence of this race was first discovered in the 1960's- noone had known what those long raised lines were. It turned out to be the remains of the walls of the house they had built out of peat slabs.
These people were tough- they lived in communal houses, had a fire in each separate room( usually only three) no floor covering, and in winter it gets down to -35 to -40. At any one time there were 20 or so people living in each house - the winters would have been tough as it not always possible to even go outside there.
Still there were icebergs drifting by- they are huge and I only saw little ones.
The wind was relentless and I was there in summer. Mind you summer delivers many varieties of berries - partridgberries, bake apple berries, squash berries - there is no shortage of fruit and in those days - fish would have been abundant.
There is a museum there- well done and certainly provides a good background to the settlement.
It took me nearly all day for this - but I had travelled to Newfoundland to be there amidst that history.