Today, Jeannie's birthday, we woke up and had breakfast at our inn.
They had blueberry and cream cheese pancakes.
After breakfast, we drove over to Avonlea Village.
Jeannie was really looking forward to Avonlea Village. It's kind of an amusement park set up like the town from the Anne of Green Gables books.

As you wander through town, characters from the book reenact scenes from Anne of Green Gables.

Some of the reenactments take place on a stage.

Jeannie liked to be in the front row. I thought we might be blocking the view for some of the kids, but Jeannie said, "They had their chance! I shouldn't be punished because they had poor planning."

Thus, I was in the first row surrounded by Jeannie and tons of little girls.

By the afternoon, the kids outfoxed her and placed their Anne of Green Gables Dolls on their seats to save their places. Jeannie was not happy.

A lot of the reenactments take place all around you in the streets of the town.

Jeannie was so excited she was freaking out.

Watching the scene where Diana and Anne become "bosom friends" almost caused her head to explode.


I do not know the books and only saw the movie once a few years ago when Jeannie asked me to watch it with her. Still, the whole day was very fun. The actors were really great at the reenactments and stayed in character all day long. They came up and discussed things with you and did a great job of improvising.

Jeannie and Josie Pye had a rivalry all day long. They pretended to give each other fake compliments and then Josie yelled in the street gossip that Jeannie had told her. She yelled, "Jeannie from Chicago told me that Diana Barry got drunk at Anne Shirley's house. Spread the word!"

We had a great lunch at Moo Moo and then Jeannie found the Dress Up Like Anne house.



I even got corralled for a photo.

We had a great time at Avonlea Village.






For the second part of Jeannie's birthday, we went to the famous Dalvay By The Sea Hotel for High Tea.


It's known as the inspiration for the White Sands Hotel in the book and it's where several scenes in the movie were filmed. Also, it's where Kate Middleton and Prince William stayed when they visited Prince Edward Island last year. Anne of Green Gable's is Kate Middleton's favorite book too.



After that, we drove to Charlottetown to watch the Anne of Green Gables Musical.

Yes, there's a full musical.
It was really great.
I asked Jeannie if she had overloaded on Green Gables yet. Not yet, she proclaimed.

That's good. Because we're headed to Green Gables tomorrow.
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