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What's in a name?
... It took a while just to scrub off that PEI red dirt! But they made a delicious meal.
Because we had such a low key day, I've decided to instead use this entry to mention some of the interesting place names we encountered in our travels. I wonder if the people who named these towns and areas were nipping a little too much on the potato vodka.
In Nova Scotia, we drove by this town. We heard they had the cleanest bulldogs in ...
All things Anne
... for us, because it was September, some of the more tourist-type traps created to cash in on Anne-mania were closed for the season. For instance, we didn't have to agonize if we were going to go to the Shining Waters Family Fun Park (shoot!). We also weren't able to take in Avonlea Village, a re-creation of Anne's town with costumed performers and the opportunity to learn how to play the spoons.
But what was still open ...
This is the life!
... in 1864 they hosted the Charlottetown Conference which led to the creation of Canada three years later. Ironically, PEI did not join the Canadian confederation for another six years after that. They took their time to weigh the benefits of a number of options: stay a British colony, join the United States, become their own country or join Canada. PEI had built a railway across the island and it was deeply in the red. The new ...
Time to head to The Island!
... chocolate festival today. Now we definitely knew we were going to like PEI! So from Wood Islands, we made a beeline to Victoria.
This tiny town (population under 100) is an historic seaport, even though it tries hard to cater towards tourists. At its small wharf, there are a number of brightly colored sheds that are used by fishermen to deal with their catch of the day. We quickly found ...
Prince Edward Island - Last part of trip
First I must appologize for the fact that I didn't do much pictures in the last entries, because the wifi connections we had were a bit... slow.
On Monday September 3rd we left Quispamsis and headed for Prince Edward Island, or PEI as people normally call it. The night before we booked accomodations in a cottage somewhere on the Island. PEI is like the Texel of Eastern Canada, allthough it's a bit bigger than that. But those are the distances in Canada ...