Huybers Retirement Adventure: The Neighborhood Pub

Last week our neighbors, Carolyn and Gordie, invited us over to their house for appetizers and mussels. We had never had mussels before so it was a first for us. They showed us how to eat them, using the shell of the mussel to grab hold of the next mussel, dip it in butter then slip it into your mouth. They were so good!! Carolyn told us that she works at the neighborhood pub and they are very popular there. It was a great night with lots of laughs, drinks, good food and great company.

On Friday night, Ron and I decided to take in the small town atmosphere and went to the local neighborhood pub in Kensington hoping to get more mussels. They had turned an old railway station into the pub. The tables were made from old wood and every table had a different old time salt and pepper shakers on it. For napkins they had placed a roll of paper towels on each table. At first I thought that it was odd that they did this, but it was pointed out to me by Ron that it made perfect sense. If you needed another napkin, you didn’t have to wait for a waitress to come along before you could ask for one … it was right there. All you had to do was tear off! It then made sense to me too!

The walls of the pub were covered in old plaques with funny sayings on them. There were also historic facts posted on the walls as well, which made for some interesting reading while waiting for your food. Carolyn was working that day and was our waitress. She kept coming by and pointing out interesting people in the pub and telling us a little bit about them. It’s no wonder that everybody knows everybody else in a small town. She also had the owner of the pub come over to say hello to the “new people” on the island. She was very nice.

It was nice for the two of us to get out of the house and check out the local establishments. One thing I can’t stress enough is how friendly everyone is here on PEI. Especially if they know that you are new to the community. They just seem to go out of their way to make you feel welcome. I guess that’s one of the reasons we just love living here in PEI.

P.S. ... Just for your info ... they were out of mussels at the pub. Boo!! But the food we did order was very good.

The following photos were taken with our iPhones. I apologize for the quality of the photos.