September 20 - Charlottetown - the Birthplace of Confederation
We went into Charlottetown, the largest City on the Island to get a little history.  There happened to be two cruise ships in port so there were lots of tourists.  The rain held off so that was good.

The downtown area is fairly small, lots of really old buildings and churches.  We went into Province House where we saw a short film entitled "A Great Dream" which showcases the events of the Charlottetown Conference. All very interesting, especially if you were not paying attention in class, I believe it was probably around grade 4, god I'm old.

This is where the Speaker of the House sits

The sure had nice furniture in those days

The conference table where all the discussions took place

Parliament House

The Town Hall

Bill would love to give you a ride, isn't he handsome

such a lovely place

We had a great lunch in an old Irish Pub, food was good and so were the drinks.  I don't know if anyone has noticed, but we seem to have a lot of great lunches, I guess that explains the waistlines.

We took a drive out to Woods Island, where the Ferry leaves from as we wanted to see how long it would take to get there.  We saw some people in boats, we think they were clamming, not certain and there was no one within earshot to ask.

looks interesting

 In the evening we went back to Stanley Bridge to see a Ceilidh (if only the Irish could spell) the pronunciation is Kaylee and it is a traditional Gaelic social gathering consisting of folk music, dancing and story telling.  It was wonderful.

Michael Pendergast (nice eyes) was the Emcee, for lack of a better word, he played the guitar, accordion and piano, Tom McSwiggin played 2 funny looking accordion type instruments, not at the same time, and told the funniest stories.  Nathan Condon played the guitar, fiddle and sang.  Samantha Mackay tap danced and sang.  If you ever get the opportunity to see or hear any of these people, do not miss that opportunity.  It was really a great evening.  They had an intermission part way through where they served ice cream and Prince Edward Island Strawberries, which was excellent.  They also had cushions on every chair in the place and on all of the benches (no sore bums for the Irish).  A really class establishment.  During the summer months they have a Ceilidh every night.  It was only $10.00 to get in and it was worth every penny.