THE SIMPLE LIFE

I'm in PEI right now, having a wonderful time. Here's a quick summary of our trip so far:

We left home on Friday morning stopping first in Montreal for the night. Our hotel was right in the heart of downtown which was perfect since we walked Prince Arthur Street and had dinner there while a street performer serenaded us. Then we went to the casino where I tripled my money at the slots (won $16.45!!) but we also lost 10 bucks playing the horse tracks and the fortune wheel. We went to Schwartz's for some smoked meat for lunch to go with our bread and brought it to Mont Royal. It was a great idea since the park was just around the corner and it was a nice, impromptu picnic overlooking eastern Montreal.

We drove to Quebec City next and spent the evening walking along Rue Petit-Champlain looking at little shops, checking out Chateau Frontenac and eating dinner at Spag&tini. The line up was long so we tought it was good but turns out it was more for the price than the quality. Service was good though and our waitress had me practice my french with her. Oh yeah, we also did a detour to Chutes de la Chaudiere. Alex managed to walk right to the Falls.

We didn't end up staying another night in Quebec because our main trip was suppose to be the Maritimes so we drove for another 3 hours after dinner and spent the night in Edmunston, New Brunswick at a very sketchy motel. I've never actually been to a motel like this (I know, I've been spoiled) but other than the washroom, it actually didn't look that bad in the morning. At least the bedsheets were clean and the bed was comfortable.

We drove another 6 hours to get to PEI. We did another detour to the longest covered bridge in the world (really wasn't that exciting...) but I guess that the fun thing about road trips - the hits and the misses. We also stopped by Magnetic Hill - which is a "reverse hill". You put your car into neutral and somehow roll UP the hill. We were actually quite amused by this and tried different materials like water bottles to try and figure it out.

Since then, we've been staying at a B&B on PEI. It's my first time at a B&B and I kinda it. Every morning we eat breakfast with the other guests at chat with them about where we've been and where to go next. Since everyone does something different, it really opens up for conversation and new places to explore.

We had arrived late the first night so ate dinner at their famous "lobster suppers". Basically, for a fixed price you get unlimited bread, seafood chowder, salad, mussels and dessert. You also get a lobster, price depends on size. We ordered a 3lb to share and snuck out back to see what they looked like alive. Some of them are huge!! If you look at the picture, the lobster runs from past the fingertips to the elbow. I was quite impressed with their dinner and I highly recommend everyone to go to New Glasgow. Their lemon meringue is the absolute BEST I've ever had. Usually they're either too sweet or too tangy (or both) but this was perfect. I ate 2 huge slices. My belly has expanded quite a bit since being on the island.

This past weekend was great! Dan & Beth finally got married and we were able to a part of the celebrations. Alex was their Best Man and needless to say, there were a lot of tears during his speech. What can I say - I love a man who is comfortable showing his emotions. =D It was at the Hockley Valley Resort and you know, it's a great thing to do it somewhere else. Kind of like a destination wedding because it was far enough out of the way that a lot of people stayed the night. The group of guys decided to stay 2 nights which made it a lot more fun. If I had to do my wedding over again, I would have liked to spend the day before hanging out with my friends. But to be honest, I know that it would never happen. It would be just like at my wedding where I would end up spending alone time with my parents the day before they give me away. Maybe it would've been different if we had actually been living together before I got married?

Any way, I went with the boyz to play 9 holes of golf. I had so much fun, I always hated the driving range cuz it's so boring but being on the course is completely different. It was my second time AND this time, I got to drive the golf cart too. We had some mini races and I totally felt like I was living Mario kart. My game sucked obviously but there were a few satisfying swings. All in all something I would totally do again if it wasn't so expensive. But I guess 50 bucks for a few hours of play is actually a pretty good deal. Oh no! I'm turning into one of "them". This is total payback for all the grief I gave Alex about the expenses of golf.

I also played beach volleyball with everyone on the day after the wedding. I sucked at that as well but Alex was so encouraging. He told me I actually have pretty good form considering I don't nurture my atheletic side and all I needed was more practice for improve my eye-hand coordination. *laughs* Isn't that sweet?

I also started watching Friday Night Lights since Simon's been raving about it. Surprisingly I loved it as well. I should've known because I actually enjoy football and the show the most exciting parts the game but the character development gets to me too. The only thing I didn't like was their filming style (documentary-like). I'm still on season 1 and it's getting hard to find everything on streaming. Stupid megavideo only lets me watch 1 episode every few hours.

We're suppose to be on vacation starting next week and Alex has already taken 2 weeks off. Originally we were talking about driving to the east coast to explore...but we haven't booked anything or planned anything yet. Part of me just wants to fly out west, play golf and eat off my parents. But they're still settling in and I'm sure Alex doesn't want to spend his holiday moving furniture for them. Plus, we should have some down-time alone. We haven't officially had a vacation since our honeymoon (China doesn't count since he was there on elective...and not what I would consider a vacation). Hopefully we're figure something out this weekend.