We spent last night and today on PEI, both in Charlottetown and driving to fun spots on the island in a rented car. Walking around Charlottetown gave us a chance to go into many fun shops and to see and feel the town a bit.

Cari has loved the Anne of Green Gables series for years and one of the highlights of this trip was for her to return to PEI and to drink deeply of the charm and warmth that that series gave her. Here Cari is admiring a store that focused on chocolates and Anne goodies. We went in.

Cari makes friends with everyone. Here she is with the “Anne Chocolates” store clerk dressed in period clothing along with her granddaughter.

The chocolates store also had a soft drink called “Anne’s Raspberry Cordial”. Will she buy it and drink it or not? Stay tuned to the next episode in this new series.

After walking to get the rental car we headed east on PEI toward the hamlet of Cavendish and to places where the setting for Anne of Green Gables and where the author, Lucy Maud Montgomery was born and lived. Here is the home at “Green Gables Heritage Place”, located in PEI National Park on the north shore.

As I walked along the dirt road leading to the house I thought I saw Anne herself in a horse buggy. I had to look more closely.

Well I’ll be…there she was sitting there with such a smile…Anne-Cari herself in all her glory…and pigtails! 🙂

After leaving Cavendish, as we drove back to Charlottetown we turned left and went to the small fishing town of North Rustico and it’s harbor that must have had 30 or more commercial fishing boats along the dock.

We drove back to Charlottetown in time to make the 4 pm musical called Anne & Gilbert at The Guild theatre. We just loved this musical! It was very professionally done with great music, lots of funny lines and warm touching moments. Very well worth seeing!