PEI was awesome!! We had so much fun.I give you the weeks events.
Monday- Richard came and picked up Gizmo and drove us downtown to the bus stop where we purchased our tickets and then went to second cup for coffees. We left Fredericton 11:20am, went to Moncton (had a short stop over and switched buses) and were on our way to Charlottetown. We arrived at the bus stop at about 5pm. We took a cab to our B&B and then headed out to find something to do. Well everything was closed, but Sam wanted to look at some tattoo's to cover his pepsi world one on his arm. We got some directions and walked to a tattoo shop. The guy told him that to get a tattoo to cover his, and not look like a cover up it would cost $300+. So...need less to say we decided to wait until he saves some money and really thinks about what he wants, then he can get it done at Pins & Needles here in Fredericton. We were at the end of university ave, away from any of the restaurants on the wharf, so we decided to go to a place called Papa Joes. The food was good as well as the service. We headed back downtown and decided to head into the Olde Dublin Pub on Sydney St. We had some cheap drinks and then headed back to the B&B.
Tuesday-I set the alarm for 9am, but I woke up alittle early and showered and got ready and then bugged Sam to get up. We had breakfast and went downtown to see if the Harbour Hippo (a land & water tour boat) was operating, the girl said that it wasn't operating today because of the weather to my great disappointment. We then went "The Guild" which was a theatre type place, but they had nothing going on that day. The Mack (which was a movie theatre), also had nothing playing that evening. I had suggested going to see "British Invasion-a musical revue" to Sam multiple times, but he said no, until I found an ad for it and he finally read about it. We then went to the Confederation Centre to purchase tickets. It was opening night and the tickets were sparse by the time we got there, but we were able to get two on the balcony. The great surprise was that the tickets were half price (b/c it was opening night). It was a musical tour through the most popular music from the mid 1960's to the mid 1980's. The cast performed over the music of over 80 British artist-the beatles, Dusty Springfield and Tom Jones to Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, and Elton John. They also did songs by the Eurythmics.After the 31/2-4 hour show we went to the olde dublin for drinks again. We had wanted to go back to the Gahan house brewery, but it was closed until Thursday for renovations.
Wednesday-We got up early again and went to Founders hall to buy tickets to go to Cavendish, we missed the early bus though and the next one wasn't until 4pm. We bought tickets for the next morning. So we went to see about the Harbour Hippo, it was running, so we bought our tickets for the 3pm tour. We then walked around and I took lots of pictures (see facebook soon). We arrived back after a quick lunch at A piece of Cake restaurant. It was organized so that the kitchen was right next to the tables and we could watch the chefs prepare our food if we wanted to go over and look. Sam talked to the chef there, she was a graduate of the Holland College Culinary school on the island . We boarded the huge boat/vehicle and took a nice tour around the city and then into the water. It was alot of fun. :) We were going to go to the Culinary school for supper, but one of the tour guides told us that they were closed for the week for something (her boyfriend worked there). We then went to the Confederation Court mall and picked up some key chains. We went to the Olde Dublin Pub for supper and drinks again.
Thursday- We went to Founders Hall and waited for the bus to arrive. We didn't know where to wait and thankfully Founders Hall opened and there was someone to ask. We took the bus there and arrived at about 10am. We got dropped off at Ripleys Believe it or Not!! and the Wax Museum of the Stars. They were both alot of fun and pretty interesting to see. The had a tim hortons there, so Sam and I bought one before going to Ripleys, well we weren't allowed food in either places. After Ripleys we had lunch at Tims. We headed to the Wax museun and seen some interesting characters done in wax, Sam and I got our picture taken with the giant wax Shrek. We then went to Grampa's Antique Photo Studio. We got a picture with me on the bar wearing a fun costume and Sam standing just in front holding a gun and beer, wearing a cowboy type costume. We got one 8x10 for us and 2 5x7's for mom and Rich and his parents. We then walked to Avonlea, but decided that it wasn't worth $22 to go see. We headed back to the visitor info centre to catch the bus, but wanted coffee, so we crossed the street to the convenience store. On one corner was a grave yard and Sam and I went to go see it. Turned out to be the grave site of L. M. Montgomery. We then headed back to the info centre and talked to a couple that had been on the bus and were also waiting. They turned out to be from Australia and were doing month and a half trip all over. They were just coming back from Alaska, and were going to L.A next before heading home. The went to a couple other places in Canada and the U.S as well. We went to Gahan house, but it was still closed, so I called later and made dinner reservations for Friday. We had seen a restaurant called the 42nd and Broadway next to the Olde Dublin and decided to eat there for supper. We went in and got seated and looked at the menu, well we could afford nothing on that menu!! The appetizers were 10-15$ each and the meals were 27-35$ each! So I told our server that we were just looking for something to have for a desert and I order two glasses of yellow tail chardonnay (6$ each) and asked for his recommendation for a desert to go with them, he suggested a lemon tart to share($8). We ate and Sam asked him about wines and ales and chardonnays. He was very nice and stood there talking to us for about 10-15mins. We left him a good tip, we spent $26, just for that, went next door and had supper at the Olde Dublin for $35 (including drinks!). .
Friday- We weren't to sure of what we wanted to do, so we spent most of the day looking at the shops on water street and victoria row. We went to Peake's Quay for lunch and finally tried some oysters (somehting the island is pretty famour for apparently). Our lunch and drinks were good. The oysters tasted kinda like a salty mussel (although I haven't eatten mussels since a bsad experience at Keystone Kelleys 5years ago). The oyster was good, but salty. We decided to go on an afternoon cruise. The ad showed alot of seals, so I was pretty excited to see some seals. Well, it turned out that the lobster fisherman chase the seals away during this time of year and i seen none!! :( This tour went further than the harbour hippo, it was 70mins out on the water. We seen the Lieutenant Governors house and Hillsbourough bridge. The guide told us that the waterfront property on the island sells for $300,000+!! I took some pictures of the gorgeous homes and the red sand cliffs. After the cruise we headed back to the B&B to relax for alittle while it was really warm that day. We then headed to the Gahan house for dinner. The food was really good and we bought some growlers, they were only 14$!! I remembered them being more than that. 64 oz of the ale and a nice jug. I bought a honey wheat ale and Sam bought one as well. He also got an ale called Ironhorse. It had a hint of a chocolate taste to it. We drank there for the night before heading to the B&B.
Saturday- We slept in this day. We weren't to sure what to do so we just walked down Queen street and bought lots of coffee. We ended up having lunch at the "China Garden". The food was good and filling. We then headed down to the shops on the wharf and bought some t-shirts. Sam got an authetic PEI dirt shirt, payin 28$ for his with the taxes, but I (being the cheap individual that I am) just went and bought a gray t-shirt that says i did the island, Prince Edward Island. for $10. We hung out down there for most of the day before dinner. We walked around trying ot find a new place to eat, Sam would have went to the Olde Dublin again, but I wanted something new. I remebered that the guide had recommended the "pilot house" restaurant on our tour and we decided to go there for supper. The food was really good, I got an almod brie chicken dinner and Sam also got something with Brie. I had looked online and found out some info on entertainment for that night. We headed to the Gahan house and had a couple of drinks there at about 9pm, then headed over to the Olde Dublin for live entertainment. The band Shanneyganock was playing. They were pretty good and Sam ended up buying the CD for his mom (the band was from Newfoundland and so is Sams mom), they were all nice enough to sign it for him.
Sunday- We got up and ate, walked around Queen street again, got some more pictures, called a cab and caught the bus for 2pm. We arrived in Moncton at 5pm. Sam went to Fredericton and I wen to Saint John. (I had a dentist appointment).That concluded our vacation, we had a blast!!
I have to go get ready for work, this took longer than I thought it would. I found out yesterday that my work is closed July 2 to celebrate C anada day, the 3 and the 4th as well. We can't call the U.S on the 4th of July weekend, so I get another vacations week, kind of, Woohoo!!! :) I signed a form to see if I can get vacation pay for the 3 and 4th.