PEI is the CUTEST place

Hi everyone

We arrived in PEI today after two nights in Nova Scotia. On Saturday we went into Halifax, which is just beautiful, and reminds me quite a bit of Victoria, with an attractive and busy harbour. Lots more "Maritime" themed things here though, focussing on lighthouses, lobster and men in sou'westers. Had a nummy lunch at Just Us Cafe (Karl and Kelsey, I think it was the place that friend of yours was representing that we met at your BBQ).

Back to the campsite and an early start to get us to PEI in good time. We drove over the Confederation Bridge, which is an engineering marvel; it is over 10 k long! Just on cue, as we drove off the bridge, we saw a statue of Anne of Green Gables, the red dirt and a young woman step dancing. The whole PEI experience in 30 seconds. Since it is Sunday today, and PEIslanders seeming to be a religous lot, there was not much open. Stopped in a teeny tiny grocery store that was one of the few open to get some lunch fixings (Dennis parking across four parking spaces) and the parking lot started filling up. Appeared to be post churchgoers stopping for a few supplies. One man came right over and welcomed us to the Island, asked us where we were from and then told us his brothers and sister lived in Calgary (which I guess seemed to him close to Victoria). Another man honked his horn and commented on how far we had travelled. It was like a scene from 50 years ago. The houses, streets and buildings are just impossibly CUTE, and there are fields and fields of potatoes planted in the red dirt. We were all just commenting on its cuteness until we stopped at the third United Church for me to take photos. Ceilidh muttered "How many freaking United Churches are in this province anyway?" while Mhairi ran back to the car to show Dennis a photo she had taken of a tombstone with the name "DENNIS" on it!

Besides watching "The Brady Bunch" and "Partridge Family" on DVD, we have also been listening to "Anne of Green Gables" on an audiobook, so as we drove past LM Montgomery's birthplace, we were listening to her book!

The island looks just like the pictures; rolling hills, farms, beautiful gabled houses, and red, red dirt. We have actually enjoyed all the Atlantic provinces; New Brunswick has some amazing coastline, and rolling farmland, and Halifax is a charming city.

Forgot to mention about the fog in New Brunswick; one guy in Saint John said "Fog was born here", and a woman near Fundy National Park said "Fog is nature's air conditioner". The joke on PEI is that all the top soil blew off Newfoundland and came to PEI.

Well, that is all for now...off to make a campfire and have 'smores!