Standing on the deck of a cruise ship is the best way to see the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, and do we have a lot to see – 29,000 kilometers of bays, guts, headlands, harbors and coves.  Hundreds of small communities dot the shoreline. Call at ports where Basques fishermen processed whale oil for the lamps of Renaissance Europe.  Explore L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site (also a UNESCO World Heritage Site), where Vikings lived more than one thousand years ago. Steam along the South Coast, stopping for tea and biscuits and a good yarn – and the warmest welcome possible. From the capital city of St. John’s, north to Labrador, south past Bonne Bay to Corner Brook and on to a little corner of France – Saint-Pierre et Miquelon– there are dozens of ports of call that offer a glimpse into a different way of life.