You may be confused by the name of this city. We did visit St. Johns in Newfoundland but this is Saint John in New Brunswick. It it the largest city in NB with about 125,000 people in the metro area. We are camped in the city park - Rockwood Park. It too is the largest municipal park in North America, two times bigger in area than Central Park in NYC. The campground is mostly a parking lot with nice grassy areas around the edges.
Since it is relatively close to the downtown area, John and I walked down the hill, across the interstate, through a kind-of rough part of town and into the Old City Market, built in 1876. A large number of the downtown buildings are connected by an enclosed pedestrian walkway but we stayed outside and walked several city blocks in all directions. I enjoyed looking at all the old buildings and unique architecture while John was more interested in the restaurants and bars and there are lots of places to choose from. We first partook of wine at a very nice wine bar and then had dinner at “Italian At Night” restaurant. Fabulous dinner!
But then we had to walk up a very long hill to get back to the campground.
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