Backpackers' Inn, Charlottetown - Meeting people from around the world

Visitors can relax on the front lawn of the Backpackers Inn

One of the most wonderful things about traveling is meeting new people. Staying at the Backpackers' Inn  ( located at the corner of  Hillsborough St. and  Sydney Street) in downtown Charlottetown has provided me both with convenience and ample opportunities to meet other travelers.

 Though a small city by population - about 35,000 people, Charlottetown welcomes visitors from around the globe.  In the past two and half weeks,  I have met people from many different countries and learned something from many of these individuals.

Yoko, the Japanese student who has been studying English in Halifax, and  my roommate / camera buddy in Charlottetown
for a week,  and we had great fun together!

Nina (a Master graduate from Ottawa), Yoko,  and I attended a country music concert together at the Canadian Legion Hall.

Yoko discovered that beer and country music goes really well together!   This is a Canadian tradition, eh?

I learned about the farm stay and work program from Taiga, another student  from Japan studying English in Canada. He has worked on farms in Calgary, Quebec, stayed for free, eaten healthy hearty farm meals, learned English and Canadian cultures. He has traveled extensively in Canada and is continuing on with his adventure.

The kitchen at the hostel is a social place where everyone goes, has a coffee, chats and exchanges travel ideas and makes friends from around the world.

Judi from Australia, Yoko, and other travelers from Japan, Taiwan and parts of Canada at the hostel
kitchen.

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Reading the horoscope at the breakfast table, and finding out if you are going to be lucky that night is a morning ritual at the Backpackers’ Inn.

Free morning coffee, homemade delicious chocolate cake ( a secret recipe at the hostel ), peanut butter and banana sandwiches and good conversations.
What a way to start your day!





Debora, from Italy and came here to learn English,

helped me with my beginners' Italian.

Lorna , a warm and friendly lady I met at the Friendship Room and we have had good chats together.

 Bekah,  Laura, Ashley, Demott, Anne from the British Isles, Matt from Halifax,  Marco and Sven from Germany, Levi, and other wonderful staff at the hostel are friendly and keep the place clean, cosy and very comfortable!

Thank you to staff at the Backpackers' Inn - My home away from home for three weeks in Charlottetown!

R.T. Charlottetown
June 27, 2012