Monday, August 30, 2010

Prince Edward Island, Canada 26 and 27 August

Prince Edward Island (PEI) is synonymous with Anne of Green Gables, but there is so much more on the island than just Anne. In fact other than going into a few tourist stores that had plenty of Anne souvenirs and trinkets we gave the whole Anne thing a miss.

We arrived on the island via a ferry from Pictou, Nova Scotia and stayed at a great bed and breakfast, Caleb's Outlook, that Chad and Lindsay had recommended to us. On our second night on the island we indulged in another lobster supper (in a place called New Glasgow), again on Chad and Lindsay's recommendation. Not quite as much food was consumed this time around, as we had learnt our lesson from Cape Breton island. Nevertheless we managed to get through a lobster each and more mussels than a grown adult should probably consume in a single sitting.

Our self portrait
"Hi everyone"

The view from our balcony at Caleb's Outlook B&B


Like we need to be told how to eat a lobster!

New Glasgow Lobster Supper, where the mussels are served to you in buckets!


PEI has some beautiful scenery and we spent most of our time there driving from picture postcard spot to even better picture postcard spots. While the weather wasn't on our side for the whole two days we were on the island, it rained heavily the day we arrived, we had a very relaxing two days.

We are glad we made the effort to get across to the island, as we never managed to while we were in Ottawa.



The red sands at SeaCow Head lighthouse



Confederation Bridge that connects PEI to New Brunswick. The Bridge is 13kms long.

St Mary's church at Indian Springs

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