Whistler 2011

Thank you Farrah for the invitation to your father's "cottage" in Whistler! The word cottage is an understatement! This has got to be one of the most beautiful mansions I've ever seen! The garden was absolutely gorgeous too!

We couldn't have asked for better weather. It was cold but the sky was blue and the sun was out.

I actually hadn't been to Whistler since 2002 so The Village had changed quite a bit. It was pretty cool to see all the sites the 2010 Winter Olympics were held at. Coincidentally, Leia wasn't even born yet at that time but she sure did keep us on our toes that weekend!

Poor baby was scared to walk over the metal grating!

We ate at a nice Indian restauran for lunch. The man asked us how spicy we wanted our chicken koorma, from 1 to 5. We asked for a 4, which he assured us was very spicy. No sir, it was not! Anyway, it was delicious.

It was definitely nice to be out of the city for a couple of days.

Prince Edward Island- August 2011

I can cross two things off my bucket list now! The first item I can cross off is taking a long train ride; I think a 23-hour ride would suffice! I got my snacks ready and took the train from Toronto to Moncton, New Brunswick, with an hour stop in Montreal.

Dried fruit. Probably not healthy but really tasty! 

 Honestly, does Vancouver's rain follow me around or something? As soon as we pulled into Montreal the rain bucketed down. I was kinda sad about it because I wanted to run out of the station for a while. Anyway, I was happy to be able to use French when ordering dinner:)

The second-half of my trip went by very quickly because I was sitting next to a nice teenage boy and we watched episodes of Mary Tyler Moore on his laptop. I also got to see some pretty amazing scenery from the window.

Arrived in Moncton and took the Acadian Line bus to Charlottetown, thus fulfilling another dream of mine: visit Prince Edward Island.

The Confederation Bridge

My first lighthouse!

I lucked out with the hostel this time around. It was a bit more expensive than other hostels I'd stayed at but it was clean, safe and comfortable. Plus they served a decent breakfast. 

On my first evening in Charlottetown, it poured! Why?????? I managed to get quite a bit of sightseeing in before the deluge and I ducked into a diner and had some seafood, what else? 

Province House

Victoria Row

Haddock in Lemon Sauce

 

Pretty colours 

Took a day trip to Summerside. It was a cute little town and I got to see quite a bit of it before the rain came down. 

Lobster:)

Absolutely the best seafood chowder I have ever had!

On my last full day on PEI I took a day-trip to Cavendish. It was such a hot and sunny day it made up for the first wet days! 

Fish burger;yum!

Cavendish Beach

Red Sandstone Cliffs

The Province House had a light show at night. It was pretty cool.

On my last morning, I went for a quick walk downtown before catching my plane.

Sir John A. McDonald

I definitely need to go back there!