Home to Sydney. Well maybe not that one

In the morning Alex popped past Charlotte to wake me up (they are early risers it seems) and we discussed travel plans. Both of us were heading towards Newfoundland, but our intended trips around Nova Scotia were a little different. I had to race to Glace Bay, way off to the east to pick up […]

Homecomings, craft beer and new friends.

This morning Charlotte all but nudged me awake, eager to traverse the last few kilometres to Charlottetown, PEI, the capital and largest city of Prince Edward Island, but which more importantly shares a name with my erstwhile companion. It is a picturesque, harbourside town, full of historic old buildings, mixed in with the more modern […]

Spreadable Fruit and Lobsters

With the North part of PEI done, it was time to let the very eager Charlotte head towards her near relative – Charlottetown. The drive from Summerside to Charlottetown is only around 65 km, but on the way are 2 PEI institutions: the PEI preserve company ; and New Glasgow lobster suppers To be fair, I stumbled across […]

Prince Edward island (PEI)

With the delights of a long weekend in Fredericton over, it was time to bid farewell to New Brunswick and head over to Price Edward Island (PEI). This time there was no dilly dallying along backroads. Charlotte and I hit the Trans Canada Highway and hightailed it east. Some 300 odd kms later we approached […]