We hadn't really decided where to go next for sure until the past day or so, but had heard that Lunenburg, NS was pretty nice. So after finding a place called the Brigantine Inn in the CAA travel book, we checked it out online, and there was a very cool room called "The Bounty". With skylights in the sloped ceiling, it looked like a room in an old ship, so we called to check it out, and sure enough it was free.
We hadn't really explored Charlottetown yet, so on Thursday morning, after breakfast, we went shopping in the rain in Charlottetown. I love unique things, especially clothes, and in one boutique window I saw a beautiful white sweater that was obviously handmade. When I inquired however, the one in the window was the only one they had left, and it was a size that I didn't believe was even close to big enough. The attendant convinced me to try it on, and sure enough, it fit! Then we were off to find the Confederation Bridge to cross back over to the mainland, but it will take us to New Brunswick.
The bridge is incredible when seen from a distance. 8 miles, 13 km, 12 minutes to cross. I had never suspected that PEI was that close to the mainland, all the maps I'd seen seemed to show it was much further away than that.
The rest of the day yields more cloud, though not much rain, as we drive through a corner of New Brunswick, and then through Nova Scotia to Lunenburg. The scenery is much more beautiful than I had anticipated, more mountainous, greener and far more interesting. The further we go, the brighter it gets, and by the time we're in Lunenburg, the sun is out and it has gotten nice and warm. The hotel is almost right on the waterfront, and has a restaurant below it, so we get a table and sit by the window. There are few other patrons.
As we dine on Maritime style scallops (fried and salted) and Seafood medley, the fog rolls in, and we can barely see across the harbour. Typical of the east coast, by the time we're done eating, it has cleared again, almost as suddenly. Tomorrow is an exploring day, so hopefully the forecast of sunshine and a high of 14C is accurate.
We hadn't really explored Charlottetown yet, so on Thursday morning, after breakfast, we went shopping in the rain in Charlottetown. I love unique things, especially clothes, and in one boutique window I saw a beautiful white sweater that was obviously handmade. When I inquired however, the one in the window was the only one they had left, and it was a size that I didn't believe was even close to big enough. The attendant convinced me to try it on, and sure enough, it fit! Then we were off to find the Confederation Bridge to cross back over to the mainland, but it will take us to New Brunswick.
The bridge is incredible when seen from a distance. 8 miles, 13 km, 12 minutes to cross. I had never suspected that PEI was that close to the mainland, all the maps I'd seen seemed to show it was much further away than that.
From about 10 km away it looks pretty impressive, and even more so after we're crossing it. With the cement barriers on either side you can't really see anything once on the bridge, until you're at the highest part, and then you can sort of see the land on the other side. A bit disappointing, but good to know that there's so much safety built in. No pedestrians or cyclists are allowed on the bridge, if you're a walker or biker, you have to take a shuttle. One more advantage to coming to the area out of season - in the entire 13 km of the bridge, we only saw four or five vehicles, all going the other direction.
Once on the other side, we head toward the information center that the toll-taker told us about. It wasn't open (not even NB is open for business yet), but the folks getting everything ready for tourist season sees us coming with cameras in hand, and guides us toward an open tower that we can climb up and get pictures from.
The rest of the day yields more cloud, though not much rain, as we drive through a corner of New Brunswick, and then through Nova Scotia to Lunenburg. The scenery is much more beautiful than I had anticipated, more mountainous, greener and far more interesting. The further we go, the brighter it gets, and by the time we're in Lunenburg, the sun is out and it has gotten nice and warm. The hotel is almost right on the waterfront, and has a restaurant below it, so we get a table and sit by the window. There are few other patrons.
As we dine on Maritime style scallops (fried and salted) and Seafood medley, the fog rolls in, and we can barely see across the harbour. Typical of the east coast, by the time we're done eating, it has cleared again, almost as suddenly. Tomorrow is an exploring day, so hopefully the forecast of sunshine and a high of 14C is accurate.
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