Kelly: Prince Edward Island was a place that has been high on my list of things to do on the East Coast purely due to the story of Anne of Green Gables :) That series was my favourite story sometime in my youth and Gilbert Blythe was definitely my first crush!! I knew it would be a corny venture but one that I was prepared to do, dragging Josh along with me of course! It didn't disappoint.
P.E.I. Countryside is predominantly farmland and absolutely beautiful.
The Green Gables Replica Farm @ Cavendish.
Kelly was quite excited about our visit here and had even been reading some books from the series prior to and following our visit.
Kelly: To be honest the highlight of this visit was to realise that a lot of the Anne of Green Gables story was based on Lucy Maud Montgomery's (the author) own life and experiences. The house was one of her neighbours when she lived here as a girl and what she based Green Gables on. It also made me realise what a good example of an independent woman she made Anne in a time where women were supposed to know their place. The story was written in 1908, so to create a character that was smarter than most of the boys, independent, off to excel at University but was still allowed to be feminine and loveable I found quite impressive!
They had even done up Anne's room exactly as it should've been from the story. Right down to her brown muslim dress with 'puffy' sleeves!
"Lovers Lane" of Anne of Green Gables
Kelly: Josh definitely didn't take this seriously enough!!!
The 'fall' colours of the deciduous trees were spectacular here.
Cavendish Beach - we were well sick of driving by this stage and elected to kick back. Kelly read her book while I observed an enormous school of small fish make their way from the ocean up a small stream running across the beach (including one 'waterfall' which they lept up) and into the estuary behind the sanddunes.
Charlottetown, P.E.I. is the capital and largest town on the island. It has a really nice feel about it, with beautiful tree lined streets, a beautiful harbour and that sense of timelessness. With a bustling University it provided us with a relatively cosmopolitan experience. We dined at a fantastic Lebanese restaurant here. While eating our meal however, we noted that some other guests had elected to dine from the "Canadian Menu" which consisted of fries, burgers, chicken, ribs etc.. Nearly every affordable restaurant we have been to has offered this type of food either on the menu, or as a distinctly seperate section on the menu to cater to the less adventurous Canadian - or perhaps the US tourist?? It reminded me that we are very spoiled in Australia with regard to cuisine, and i love it.
The 13km bridge over ocean joining PEI to Brunswick.
This thing was amazing. It seemed to stretch on forever as it dissapeared into the misty haze ahead.
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