The Trailside Pei B&B Charlottetown

... we exit the ship. It, like the others, has all of the souvenirs you can imagine. On the stage, young are girls doing highland dances for the crowd. As we enter the city we pass by two large and historic churches and the very old Rodd Inn. Despite it being a Monday morning, the city seems very sleepy. A lobster restaurant is located 100 yards to the left of the ship. We make a note of this place for a future trip.

Die Insel hat drei 'Rundfahrten' zu bieten. Den North Cape Coastal Drive, welche wie der Name sagt, den Norden der Insel abdeckt. Den Central Coastal Drive, für die Mitte sowie den East Coastal Drive für den Osten.

Wir machten uns auf den Weg, um den East Coastal Drive zu erkunden. Als erstes legten wir bei Greenwich National Park einen Stopp ein. Dieser ist er seit 1998 Teil des Nationalparkes. Der Dünenweg wurde uns im Reiseführer empfohlen. Die Holzplankenwege f ...

Heute beschlossen wir, den Prince Edward Island Nationalpark zu erkunden. Beeindruckend waren die Dünenlandschaften, die roten Felsen und die einsamen weissen Strände.

Wir machten gerade einen kleinen Spaziergang, als wir die Schreie von Gänsen hörten. Es wurde immer lauter. Als wir an den Himmel blickten, sahen wir ein besonderes Spektakel. Die ...

... any of its seven ales over lunch. Definitely worth a visit if you can get a table.

From there we went separate ways to explore Charlottetown and most of us wound up down at the harbour sometime during the afternoon. Like most of the maritime harbours we have seen (one) Charlottetown has done a commendable job of making it a pleasant location for things tourstique (as they say in Quebec). There are boardwalks to stroll, marinas and shops to explore and ...

... a stop light, or in a restaurant where the waitress wasn’t sure whether to call the cops or what. Luigi was to accompany us for the balance of our trip and could often be heard jabbering away about something or other on our radios.

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Not having been blessed with daughters I was not fully up on the Anne of Green Gables legend, although we had seen an inspired musical version featuring niece Clare earlier in the summer. That orientation was ...

... MacDonald's drunkenness. I do not think our great leaders and minds were any different from the American's - we just like to tell all their faults and almost revel in them. This is only my opinion but my 8 year old son asked if we didn't have any great Canadian Hero's like America ? When I told him some of the names of our great leaders he disagreed with me because the tour guide had just said he was a drunk. How tragic that his young mind is already turned ...

Yep she would except on this very weekend. It was quickly decided this was to be the weekend of indulgence and the ultimate laze fest. Substance abuse was sure to be at hand and after making so many gosh darn bucks buskin I was feeling crazy in the food department. Hey check it out two more hits and I'm 666! I should have known Andrea was trouble from the start but she tricked me into her home. I had ...

... flag waving beaver sitting atop a cake (?) and dashed next door to the exhibition. The large (ish - out of season remember?) crowd revealed an art student type playing with sand and a craft knife. I wasn't that impressed at the beginning but as a lighthouse, complete with steps cut into the 'rock' began to take shape I changed my mind. Imagine if your job was making sandcastles? How cool would that be?! Sandland was great - loads of huge models carved ...

Charlottetown (Jul 25) - Morning Loaded up on coffee, Mike and I went across the street to check out the Farmers' Market (it is located just across the UPEI campus). Every Wednesday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Farmers' Market is opened for business. The 40 vendors who set up shop here will sell you anything from coffee to handmade pottery. The specialties here are locally grown organic produces (e.g. strawberries, beets ...

4 Travellers to the East Coast.... Prince Edward Island was our main stay. We began by flying out of Hamilton Airport on WestJet to Moncton, New Brunswick. Picking a rental van and driving to Shediac to spend our first night at a Bed and Breakfast and sightseeing.. On to Charlottetown next morning for a 3 day stay at a Cottage House in Stratford on Hillsborough. Played two rounds of golf. Sightseeing in area is beautifull. The next 3 days were spent in the ...