This was the first time I had been to a maritime province and, of course, besides seafood, this island's most famous attraction is the Anne of Green Gables house. It was Thanksgiving weekend and the end of tourist season so many stores were closed. The house itself reminded me of one of the houses in Heritage Park in Calgary.
It's really quiet here - quite a contrast to NYC as you can imagine. You don't even have to lock your door (in the suburbs of Charlottetown anyway.)
We visited an art gallery with a cafe and loads of sculptures from Bali. Kind of unexpected but a nice place. Also there are a lot of artisanal workshops here. I liked The Great Canadian Soap Co. You can feed oats to the goats in the yard!
Best of all was the lovely red sand beaches. A really unique landscape. I loved the grass covered sand dunes and searching for moon-snail shells. All the beaches were almost deserted. You can walk for miles at the edge of the Atlantic and take in the fresh air. I wouldn't recommend swimming in October - the water temperature is rather bracing to say the least.
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