More fun in Fundy….

 

  We started the day early, because we had a long day ahead, but also because we wanted to go back to the reversing falls at high tide,which was at8:00am, to see if they really reverse. THEY DO!!! The River which was flowing down wildly yesterday, was flowing upstream this morning.  It was very cool to see.

   It was not however the coolest thing we saw in the bay of Fundy. For this, we headed north east along the bay toward the Hopewell rocks.

 The fog lifted as we were driving, making the drive itself very pretty.       

We arrived at the famous rocks about half way between high tide and low tide, which was perfect:  We coud walk on the beach to see the amazing structures up close but did not have to worry about getting caught in the tide, and it was not too crowded.   This is really an amazing sight, and well worth the detour!  I am actually in this picture, in between the two large pillars,  it gives an idea of the scale. Same for the picture at top of blog.   These huges structures have been carved by the very high tides of the bay of Fundy. Here are a few other pictures.  

 

 

 We then went to Shediac, a small village slightly to the North of the bridge to Prince Edward Island.  It is famous for its lobster, and for having kept true to its Acadian roots.  The lobster was good. The Acadian roots were noticeable in the fact that all the signs were in French and there were a lot more French speaking people around. But that’s about it. (Side note:  New Brunswick is the only province in Canada that is officially bi-lingual.  And I have to say that everyone speaks French very well- switching to it every time they heard my accent or saw my name).

 We continued on to Prince Edward Island, the smallest province in Canada, across the impressive Confederation bridge - an 8 miles marvel of engineering that links the island to the mainland. It was finished in 1997 after much planning, discussions (should it be a tunnel?) and even a referendum because not everyone in PEI wanted to be connected to the mainland  

 The lanscape changes dramatically once we reached PEI: much greener and more bucolic. Reminiscent of Normandy (but with pines). We ended the day in Charlottetown, the capital of PEI.  It is small but very charming, with tons of outdoors restarants and cafes,  a pretty harbor, and cute boutiques. 

  

While in PEI you obviously have to have PEI mussels.  So we did, enjoying the balmy weather, the sunset, and some very good street music.   It was a loveyevening.