I think our trip should be two trips: 1) Cities of Montreal and Quebec and 2) PEI and Nova Scotia. We are doing a lot. I was so tired last night, I didn’t have time to update much.
Today, we woke up and left our cottage. It was a really nice cottage. It was nice to have a change from hotel rooms.
We went to the house that inspired Lucy Maud Montegomery’s Anne of Green Gables on Prince Edward Island. We arrived with a Chinese tour group. I heard that the site is like in the top 3 places that Japanese tourists want to visit as they love “Anne of Red Hair.” I think Dad would like to live there too. We saw Lover’s Lane and Balsam Hollow Trail too. There were gift shops everywhere. You could also see more history on Lucy Maud Montegomery if you wanted to.
We drove through the Red Cliffs area of the Prince Edward Island National Park. We had a nice lobster lunch at a restaurant where the tour was also eating. Then, we drove to Charlottestown. After seeing not too much civilization for a few days, we were back in a populous area. Charlottetown is about 34,000 people and had all major stores. Cruise ships also dock there. We stopped at Cow’s Creamery for probably the best ice I have had in a long time — if ever.
Then, we made our way to Nova Scotia. Upon entering Nova Scotia, we were greeted by a bagpiper at the rest area. Nova Scotia is very Scottish. There is quite a mixture of people up here: French, British, Acadian, Scottish, etc. We drove through Baddeck and saw a museum dedicated to Alexander Graham Bell as he lived here in the latter portion of his life. “Bell” is a popular phone carrier here.
We arrived at a house/cottage in North Sydney, Nova Scotia. We went to a grocery store and bought a whole bunch of food we could cook in our cottage. Andrea made dinner consisting of salmon, haddock, asparagus, rice, and potatoes. We are right on the water. We can hear the ferries to Newfoundland coming in and out of the docks.
These picture updates might not be perfect, but they give you a good picture of the trip.