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Ten CNN Travel editors chose their best trips of 2018, and Newfoundland made the list.

Stacey Lastoe, a senior editor in New York City, wrote that her best 2018 travel memory was visiting this province in March.

She wrote that it’s not a popular time to visit the island, but it’s “an excellent time to go.”

“While I didn't get a chance to forage for summer berries or sail to see fjords, I did get to eat a Jiggs dinner (traditional Sunday supper, often with guitar-playing) with locals, enjoy a wintery boil-up (fire in the woods to make tea and snacks) and drink a pint in downtown St. John's with some of the nicest people I've ever met,” wrote Lastoe.

She remarked that Newfoundlanders are a “happy, welcoming bunch” and said she can’t wait to go back.

Lastoe visited the province while filming the late Anthony Bourdain’s Parts Unknown series.

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