Green Gables Charlottetown

When I'm not so hung over I'll get this sorted and tell you about my day. In the mean time, if you are heading that way, don't bother with Green Gables but do see the beach.

Written 9th June:
Ok getting out on a tour from Charlottetown has been a total pain in the bum... tourist are here folks, wake up and get it sorted! Ryan you would …

Prince Edward Island is where the author Lucy Maude Montgomery lived and used as the setting for the Anne of Green Gables books. Heather had loved the books as a child and having seen the mini series on TV decided it would be a good place to visit. For ...

... 's the way things go I suppose! I travelled here with the Swiss girl Jess from Halifax, the island itself is famous for Anne of Green Gables, which is a bit corney to say the least, but the locals love it and I felt obliged to take some photos of the ...

... concert, and Papa had to fix the brakes... Again. The next day we travelled up to Cavendish, which is the home of Anne of Green Gables. We decided that the best way to enjoy Anne would be to do the Avonlea Village. We spent the day there and had a ...

... , even though the path was mostly flat it was quite hard to keep going towards the end. Glad I did it though. Then we visited Green Gables, the setting for the novel ‘Anne of Green Gables’. It was OK, but I guess because I haven’t read ...

... bumpy for us. After Province House we wandered around and found the local COWs creamery cheese at the Anne of Green Gables Chocolate store.  So we picked up some local cheddar and, of course, some chocolates.  Mmmmmm.   ...

... LOVE that the cheapest area of town is only 3 blocks from the richest) and headed straight to the tourist information. WELL - Anne of Green Gables featured fairly heavily in the 'twee stuff that you'll buy and file at the back of a drawer' section of ...

... Edward Island. Sweeping green grassy hills, whitewashed houses and churches, meeting red dirt paddocks. It was so Anne of Green Gables! We stumbled across a tulip patch in full bloom the a church as a backdrop. Staying in Charlottetown tonight. ...

... any shots of the amazing stained glass windows. This afternoon we drove out to Rustico, Cavendish and New Glasgow.  Mother was delighted with the visit to Green Gables. This evening we went out for a lobster dinner & then off to a ceilidh. ...

... and here it is woods and farmland and lovely shoreline.  It is of course the home of the famous book Anne of Green Gables, which I loved, and I guess alot of Japanese people loved it growing up too since there are alot of Japanese tourists ...

... , apparently - it was like the "courtship" stage of the provinces considering national unity. I went to see "Anne of Green Gables - the Musical" at the Confederation Centre of the Arts.  Absolutely fantastic, sympathetic to the original storyline ...