Blogs from Prince Edward Island, Canada, North America - page 12

Prince Edward Island Driving Tour Our 2010 Driving Tour of Prince Edward Island was the perfect escape from the urbanization of Canada's East and West Coasts. There was a peaceful tranquility that washed over us when we crossed one of the world's longest bridges that connects New Brunswick to PEI, the tiniest province in Canada. The Travelling Canucks loved the charming and relaxing lifestyle on the Island, which only proved that we are getting old! Join us on our journey touring around the Gentle Island! PEI is known for its potatoes, its sienna-coloured soil and golden/white sand beaches that line its shores. Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables series of books has brought its fans from around the world to visit the author's birthplace and setting for Anne Shirley's adventures that delightfully described growing up ... read more

Hi all! Sorry it's been awhile since last entry. Takes a bit of time which we don"t always have. We have since been to Truro NS, Halifax, Wolfville and last nite was Charlottetown PEI. I should do this more often because it is starting t o become a blur! Thank God for pictures! Halifax was beautiful. We had an awesome seafood dinner at the 5 Fishermen downtown overlooking the Celebration site. This was a huge party. Hank and I went for a long walk down the main drag. Very pretty at nite. We left Halifax the next day. On to Wolfville. Arrived in New Minas where our room was. A far cry from the Delta in Halifax, but people were great and we are having fun regardless. Ian, Paul, Hank and I took a cab into ... read more

We had been looking forward to this for a long time - a true holiday, not the crazy kind we had become used to where you stay in a different city every night. (I guess we have Dahlia to thank for that change in approach!). We had booked tickets with Anth’s frequent flyer points nearly a year ago, but had actually wanted to come since we first visited Canada in 2005. We loved it back then in Spring, but everywhere we went people told us ‘you should have been here in the Fall’. So we came in the Fall, to the eastern Atlantic provinces that we didn’t visit before; Prince Edward Island (PEI) and Nova Scotia. Unfortunately, everywhere we went in the Fall, was closed for the season! ‘You should have come in the summer’ they ... read more

We went into a tourist information centre in Nova Scotia just across the border of New Brunswick where one of the lady’s told us we should go to PEI ( Prince Edward Island ) via The Confederation Bridge as it is an experience you wouldn’t want to miss. So we jumped in the vehicle and headed towards the 12 mile long bridge. The bridge is actually the largest bridge in the world that runs over ice. It still has mixed emotions with the locals who live on the island as now it opens up their little island for everyone where prior to the bridge the only way over was via plane or car ferryl It took us over 10 minutes to cross and cost us $47 for the pleasure. Once we got to the island ... read more

Charlottetown, capital of Prince Edward Island (PEI) is a charming little city of around 35,000 folks. PEI consists of rolling, seemingly manicured green fields, rich brown red soil and even red beaches. Anna enjoyed visiting Green Gables where Lucy Maud Montgomery drew inspiration for her famous books. In the evening we sat outside in balmy weather at a local pub, and were balladeered by a local guitar player who enjoyed playing my songs as we are of about the same vintage (21+). Kevin is an entertainer by night, remote IBM worker by day (the only one on PEI he told us). We also visited Cows, supposedly the #1 ice cream shop in Canada, if not the world. Alas the jury's out on that.... read more