Moisture in Moncton

We woke up to pouring rain this morning. I was glad that we had decided not to stay another night in Summerside, as I’m not sure how much sightseeing would be enjoyable in this weather. However, we’re not complaining, as almost every other day (except for the whale searching morning) has been beautiful.

I realized today that I didn’t say anything about the “Anne and Gilbert” musical experience in yesterday’s blog. First of all, let me just say that although I probably did enjoy it more than Rob, (he did say it was ‘good’), he should receive no points for attending. Anyway, it was extremely well done, in a beautiful harbourfront theatre (indoors). The girl who played Anne was 19 years old, and as far as I was concerned, looked EXACTLY as Anne should look – and acted equally as appropriately. Gilbert wasn’t too hard to watch either! The story unfolded -with great music and dancing of course - as in the second and third book of Montgomery’s Anne series.

The other thing I didn’t mention yesterday was the location of the buildings on stilts (picture). That is the Summerside waterfront which consists of small shops and restaurants and is right next to the theatre.

We have now said good-bye to Summerside, PEI and hello to New Brunswick. The drive across the Confederation Bridge (now ten years old) was an experience. Although the visibility wasn’t great (see photo), it definitely felt like we were driving across the ocean, as the wind gusted and the bridge seemed unending. Almost 14 kilometers is a long drive on a bridge!

By the time we got to Moncton Rob was pretty tired of driving in the rain. Fortunately we found our downtown hotel quite easily. It has a number of features I’ve never experienced before in a hotel, including the provision of aromatherapy linen spray, an eye mask, and a CD which gives tips on getting the best possible sleep as well as 20 minutes or so of ‘ultimately relaxing’ music. I’m not sure if listening to it will be necessary or not, as apparently there is a Roughrider game on tonight beginning at 9:30 eastern. Maybe it depends on the outcome of the game. Downtown Moncton is again fairly old, with some new buildings mixed in with the historic buildings. (Photo is of Tim Horton's) It doesn’t have the character of Charlottetown or Halifax, I’d say, but then maybe I wasn’t impressed because we were walking in 100% humidity and it felt like we were in a greenhouse the entire time. We decided to simply get a pita for supper and eat it in our room. Even Rob admitted he wanted no more seafood for a while. (Note picture of the mussels he enjoyed yesterday.) Now.. if only we can stay awake long enough for that football game. I also hope it’s worth staying up for!