Besides her knowledge of the Canadian landscape through growing up on P.E.I., living for a time in Saskatchewan, and finally settling in Ontario, Maud got the chance to be an international traveler.

For her honeymoon, in July of 1911, Maud departed from Montreal with her husband Ewan, crossed the Atlantic and travelled for several weeks throughout England and Scotland.

The following excerpt from her journals, written from St. Enoch’s Hotel in Glasgow, Scotland, records her impression of the land in comparison to her beloved island.

“Thursday afternoon we left on an excursion to Oban, Staffa and Iona.  We went by rail to Oban and the scenery was certainly beautiful, especially along Loch Awe, with its ruined castle.  Beautiful—yes.  And yet neither there nor elsewhere in England or Scotland did I see a scene more beautiful than can be seen any fine summer evening in Cavendish standing on the ‘old church hill’ and looking afar over the ponds to New England Harbor.  But then we have no ruined castles—nor the centuries of romance they stand for!...”

To read more about Maud’s married life and travels, take a look at The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery – Volume II: 1910-1921.