This morning we woke and were served a delicious breakfast by our hosts at the Evening Primrose. Then we were off to explore the island.
We started by renting a couple of bicycles in Charlottetown and rode around the city checking out all the hot spots. Charlottetown has a nice boardwalk that runs the length of the harbour so we rode along there to look at the boats and other things. We also saw an outdoor performance on the history of the settlement of PEI. There is a lot of history here and the PE Islanders are very proud of it and like to spontaneously burst into historical performance if you get too close to them. There was an Anne of Green Gables girl on every second corner.
They don’t have very good TV reception on PEI, except for this one house.
After getting our exercise we thought we would sit back and relax and take part in a chauffeured tour of the Island so we boarded the London Double Decker Bus. This bus was hot … temperature wise.
After the tour we decided to forego the trip to Anne of Green Gables land in Cavendish (see Prince Edward Island: Virtual Green Gables) and since we had driven across most of the island the day before in our attempt to locate the bed and breakfast, we decided we had had enough of Anne and the Fathers of Confederation and headed to the mainland. This time we took the confederation bridge. This is an incredible engineering masterpiece and was very impressive to drive across. It costs about $40 for a passenger vehicle, but that is $20 less than the ferry. It is 13 kms long and is only 2 lanes (one each way) and you have to drive 80km/hr and its radar enforced. It was quite interesting indeed. Although there are barriers on the sides, if you crane your neck or are driving a high vehicle, like a truck, you could still see the ocean on either side of it.
So that takes us to New Brunswick, the beautiful province which is the only officially bilingual province in Canada. What did we do with that French-English dictionary? Bon chance, travelers!
Andrew & Steve