Day 57 Mon- Visiting Anne….😁💓

We slept in yeah…John even longer….not a rush to get going today even though we planned to do the East Section if the Island.,,.

Breakfast was offered In the hotel….nothing special but it was a free or part of the accommodation payment..

Off we set to see the middle section and go to visit Anne….Anne of Green Gable’s….I truly thought it would just be a little house on a farm we drive by….But it was a huge Tourist Centre all dedicated to the Author Lucy Maud Montgomery….Story of her below…
We did the tour of th centre about Lucy…then wandered the gardens coming across Anne’s house we didn’t think we could go into Anne’s house as we didn’t think we had paid for that part of the tour…but we did….An older guy came in full of enthusiasm and started filling us in on all types of info about Anne’s life in the house,…they have some really interesting old pieces of old items in the house made to be Anne’s home with Marilla and Matthew ….

If you have never seen Anne of Green Gables it’s a must….I think even a John enjoyed the visit….

(One of the best-loved children's/young adult authors, Lucy Maud Montgomery was born on November 30, 1874 in Clifton, Prince Edward Island, Canada, the daughter of Hugh John and Clara Woolner. After attending Prince of Wales College and Dalhouse College in Halifax, she became a certified teacher, eventually teaching in Bideford, Prince Edward Island. She also served as an assistant at the post office and as a writer for the local newspaper, The Halifax Daily Echo. Best known for her Anne of Avonlea and Anne of Green Gables books, Montgomery received many high honors. She was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 1923 and a Canadian stamp commemorates Montgomery and Anne of Green Gables. In addition, various museums dedicated to the book series and Montgomery's life dot Prince Edward Island. The books in the Anne series follow the growth and adventures of a red-haired, spritely, high-spirited and imaginative orphan named Anne who lives on Prince Edward Island. The success of these books rested in Montgomery's ability to vividly recollect childhood and her easy storytelling ability. They are tremendously popular to this day and have been translated into more than 35 languages and adapted as movies and PBS television productions. On July 5, 1911, L.M. Montgomery married Ewan Macdonald, a Presbyterian minister, and the marriage produced three children. She died on April 24, 1942.)

The middle section of the island had 100’s I mean 100’s of cottages to stay and heaps of places to eat at….And interesting places to go….
We managed to find a absolutely stunning place with unreal gardens…The Dunes is a gallery and cafe….it was loaded with amazing items from Bali….it had fine art, Canadian crafts, pottery, furniture, fashion, jewellery, sculpture garden, and a truly stunning, stunning garden..John and I had a conversation about the gorgeous garden….I said everything would have been planted just this season , because the snow would kill them all….John disagreed that they could be this big just this season…I will admit the growth of plants in one season here is truly unreal…anyway there was a gardener so I asked him…and yep all planted this season…..truly remarkable the growth that occurs every season…..mind you the soil here is red soil which is always so much more fertile…..just seeing it in Bundaberg and the veggies they can grow there is amazing…

We headed off in the hope of seeing some big sand dunes but they were part of a National Park which you had to pay for and we didn’t have time to do it justice since we had to do a u turn and head out….To be honest the rest of our day didn’t end up that exciting….everything we tried to see ended up too hard to see or go to just could get there….even lunch ended up a bit mucky trying to find somewhere we tried find somewhere St Peters Harbour, nothing there… then St Peters no luck there either….

Another lightbulb 💡 moment tripping around…I noted so many barns with their roofs caved in and driving towards the upper east as well I noted a metal half dome barn with this roof dinted in…it hit me it’s the heavy snow that’s caused the cave ins….even saw half a house with the back half carved in..crazy hey….

Anyway back on the track to find someone…. We were going to head to Georgetown…but discovered on goggle Montague had restaurants….one stood out Windows on the Water….John had a Lobster Roll that’s the big thing to have here…I had Seafood Chowder…great views love,y and relaxing…after lunch I did a bit if photography around the harbour…then we decided as they day was moving on fast we wouldn’t go any further but head back to Charlottetown to see what it had to offer..We spotted a tourist info centre just after parking…so asked then with limited time what could we see…honestly after discovering it didn’t have a lot to offer we probably did t need to see the info centre but still they were helpful.

The downtown area was nothing amazing…except for the magnificent St Dunstan’s Basilica Cathedral built Beth 1896-1907….it really rivals anything we have seen in Europe quite stunning in design and all the unreal stain glass windows…quite remarkable….the town centre really didn’t have anything to rave about…we ended up back down at the waterfront…where restaurants are, a number if floating little eateries, a couple of marinas and gift shops were….it was the happening place..plus today is the hottest we have had it the whole time here…28c but it did feel very hot at that…anyway we killed time on the floating pontoon eateries and bars…I had a hit cup of tea…John a beer…then as I really didn’t want to go back to the motel which was 6 ks away then come back out again…we decided to have some more drinks At Peak’s Quay….there was a shop as well called Mrs Peak…I sent pics to Kathy Peak at home…anyway a few more drinks, John had $1 Oysters which were this price between 3-5 we got in 4.55pm….just in the nick of time….sadly they were very tiny one…but guessing they wouldn’t give the big ones for a $1 each…they farm them in the waters around the island…we saw heaps and heaps today…as we drive around the coastal areas….anyway for $1 they were fine….I had Fish Cakes yummy ones they were…… John also had chicken wings which he really enjoyed…it was actually a lovely spot…a good meal…great service…we had a winner,,,😁😁😁 only downside was my Mojito…it tasted like sugar water with obviously vodka in it…2 leaves of mint…and a clear fluid…if it was soda water 💦 I’ll be surprised as it had no fizz….one piece of lime on the side of the glass but none, absolutely none in the drink…😫🤪😩…. I have had a lot of mojitos but never one so tasteless…I had to ask them to bring me some lime so I could add it in and with a straw try to muddle out the flavours of the lime and 2 mint leaves…. It worked eventually not the best but better than the start of it…my goodness they obviously don’t know how to make a mojito….. maybe I could start classes 😁😁😁😁!

All done with Charlottetown we headed home….John was in bed by 7.30pm…this trip really is knocking him around….Read more