Good day, Bad day!

Last night we stayed in a best western in Moncton New Brunswick which was very nice, excellent in fact! We woke about 7:30 and decided to do some laundry before leaving for PEI.  We had no trouble finding a Starbucks in the old town area so we were off to a good start. I think the barista thought I as American but after we chatted about where I was from she became friendlier and as I left she said to me she really liked my outfit! This gave me a lift! Traveling for days on end one certainly doesn’t feel very put together.
The day was fine and not having been to PEI before we were quite looking forward to seeing something brand new. Jeff had camped somewhere in PEI as a kid but had no recollection of where.  We are still hoping to see more red colour in the leaves and we did see bursts of it today. A few days ago in Quebec a local told us the red leaves were the first to fall and we missed them........😡 but we say lots of red going toward Shediac.
We came up to  confederation bridge to cross into PEI and discovered it is toll bridge, which is paid as you leave the island. All good.....so far.  They say it takes 15minutes to drive across this very long bridge. I timed it at 90km it took us 12minutes......the speed limit is 80km.
Driving to Charlottetown the scenery is very rural, Little farms, rolling hills and neat well kept homes. It looks idyllic.  Not having had breakfast I prepared some crackers, cheese, pate and fruit as we drove along. We soon arrived  in Charlottetown and were surprised to find it busy with traffic and all manner of shops, H&M, Winners, and Walmart.
We were driving towards the waterfront when I discovered my sunglasses were missing.....NOT GOOD! Searching the car thoroughly, backtracking our day in our head we couldn’t come up with them.....not your ordinary drug store sunglasses! We decided to find accommodation and them make some phone calls to last nights hotel, this morning Starbucks etc.    .......we checked into a charming old house b&b called Eden Hall, I think they have 6 or 7 rooms.  Phone calls did not turn up the aglasses.  Forget about them.
We walked into town and visited the  St Dunstan,s basilica, originally built in 1816, burned to the ground in 1913, reconstructed by Scottish architect J.M. Hunter inspired by St Patrick’s cathedral in NYC. When it was completed in 1919 it was the largest and most fireproof in the maritimes.
Next we popped into a few of the local shops......a knitwear and garden shop where the ladies were busy at the back of the store on a some large looms making the sweaters scarves, socks, mitts, hats that were sold in the front of the store. Jeff picked out a sweater put wanted some changes made....no problem, ....how long were we staying in town.? It could be done in a day. As we were planning to leave in less than a day it would have to be mailed to us. Meanwhile I found a stack of bonnets, or as my dad called them...Bunnets! I decided girls can wear them too and bought one for myself.
The clerks in the store were very chatty and we eventually had to say...we have to go!
It was time now to find a pub and that we did...The Churchill, an English pub. We sat at a small table and ordered beer, soon a gentlemen came in alone  and sat down next to us and said do you mind if I join you? Jeff replied sure as long as you talk to us!  Well what an interesting chat we had for a good little while, he turned out to have spent most of his career as a banker and later as an investment manager (which nicely allowed me to brag about our son and the awards he won just yesterday) we chatted about family, Cape Breton, what to do, where to go, where to stay. Jeff had a second beer, our new friend had a big plate of bangers and mash. Soon he was off and we said our goodbyes. There were a lot of people waiting for tables and we asked our server for our bill.....our new friend had paid our bill too! We were touched but dismayed we couldn’t thank him......the server said he came in about once a week for bangers and mash and she would thank him for us!  So that was the GOOD THING that happened today.
We walked back to our b&b feeling grateful and good about humanity, and decided we would pay it forward soon.
We asked at our b & b for a dinner recommend and right away were told of a seafood place The Corner Shop at Water and Prince (streets) .  We had a reservation for 7pm. I had delicious lobster and a small bowl of seafood chowder, Jeff had halibut, we shared a slice of coconut cream pie, homemade.
Walking back we stopped at a bar for a cleansing ale., a good day.
Tomorrow will be another good day as we move on.