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“Y             ou're in for a treat!” our


                                                                                     guide Mike exclaimed as
                                                                                     our tour bus unloaded in
                                                                                     the parking lot to join a
                                                                        mass of others parked on this crisp,
                                                                        sunny fall day — a few trees were al-
                                                                        ready starting to turn golden orange.
                                                                       “You might want to check out the gift
                                                                        shop first—it gets crowded after the
                                                                        tour!”

                                                                        I was on a 3.5-hour Royal Caribbean
                                                                        shore excursion on Canada's gorgeous,
                                                                        green and peaceful Prince Edward Is-
                                                                        land (PEI), population 145,000.


                                                                         “Everyone knows everybody, it's a
                                                                        quaint little spot,” noted Mike.

                                                                        And here we were in rural Cavendish,
                                                                        founded in 1790, population about
                                                                        270.  It's been a popular literary tour
                                                                        destination since the 1908 publication
                                                                        of L. M. Montgomery's best-selling
                                                                        novel “Anne of Green Gables,” which
                                                                        is set in her scenic, magical eastern
                                                                        Canadian hometown. (Her name was
                                                                        Lucy Maud, but she preferred Maud).























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