We arrived in Prince Edward Island (known to locals just as PEI) by way of a new high bridge from New Brunswick which is 13 klms long! It was also very high and as we drove across a cruise boat went underneath us.

 Prince Edward Island is where the author Lucy Maude Montgomery lived and used as the setting for the Anne of Green Gables books. Heather had loved the books as a child and having seen the mini series on TV decided it would be a good place to visit. For any one who saw the series on TV the country side looks just as beautiful, 

Unfortunately the tourism monster has gone berserk here on PEI and there is even a tourist drive called "Anne Country". There are lots of expensive museums, themed souvenir shops and Japanese tourists. Apparently the Japanese study the book at school. I think Lucy Maude Montgomery would turn in her grave if she saw the crazy tourism thing about her simple lovely books. We loved Prince Edward Island (PEI for short) though despite the "Anne" madness. We took a picture of the house that belonged to Lucy's grandparents where she spent her holidays as a child and later came back to write her novels. 

The weather was very cold, wet and windy for our 4 days there but having our hire car made it more bearable. We stopped at charity shop on our second day of miserable weather and bought a few warmer clothes. When we left it was by car ferry, a 90 minute reasonably smooth trip across the Northumberland Straits back to Nova Scotia.