Colourful is a term thrown around the travel-writing world like so much clichéd confetti. But the “painted ladies” of San Francisco, terraces of stately and vividly clad Victorian houses, and the “jelly-bean” row houses of St. John’s transcend the hackneyed with their splashy paint schemes. Indeed, no less than the New York Times has described the hilly streets, artsy vibe and sweeping harbour views of the Newfoundland capital as a “smaller but earthier” version of the Northern California tech hub.
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