Blogs from Dover, Kent, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 3

Yes, you read that right. But it was an accident. I checked out of my guesthouse s little early so that I could make the trek to the White Cliffs before my train to Edinburgh. My breakfast this morning was this delightful little spread of fruit, toast with marmalade, pastries, and some Frosted Flakes :) So, full bellied I started out, trying to remember the directions that the guesthouse manager had given me. "Go out the door and to your left, then when you get to a fence, go left again, continue on for about a 5 minute walk, then you'll come to a roundabout. Continue on past a pink hotel up a steep ramp and continue on for about 10mins. You will then be directly on the cliffs." Sounds easy right? About a 20minute walk? ... read more

I felt like I needed to readress my backpack situation: What I am really glad I brought-- converter/adapter, heating pads for my back, cliff bars (not a lot of time for real meals), socks, my brothers Mophie iPhone case (it charges my phone throughout the day without being plugged int), computer. What I wish I would have brough or brought more of-- Ibuprofen, undies (don't worry I stopped and bought some at a little shop in Piccadilly :), my own internet hotspot, Ibuprofen. Oh and Ibuprofen. What I could have done without--half my clothes (I'd rather be stinky than have to carry it all), flashlight, loofah (threw it away on the first day, it being SO HEAVY and all), tossed my travel bath towel, my extra bags. I sent a lot of my little trinkets home ... read more

So this is my first entry... I've made this for my Aunt who doesn't have Facebook but wants to keep up with me and what's going on so thought I'd just put my first blog up now. Not long to go now, 26 days! I'm really looking forward to it but not so much saying goodbyes to everyone! Still selling up everything in the house, think I've sold my car which is where I'm getting majority or my travel money from so that's good. Not sure what else to say now, will post again at the airport or in Japan inbetween flights... read more

This weekend we stayed in town to try and save some of our pennies. Here's what we did: Thursday night: It's the season for the Italian/Latin Carnivale, where people dress up in beautiful costumes and party just before Lent begins (40 days before Easter). So in honour of the tradition, Mike's school (CTLS) held a Carnivale party. We decided to stray a bit from the traditional elegant masks and wear masks of famous people. Mike was where's Waldo (or in the UK, Where's Wally? or in French, Ou est Charlie?), and Elysia dressed as a female Mr. Bean. She really wanted to wear the face of the queen, but Mike thought that was tacky (although later at the party we found people dressed as the entire royal family, so we weren't the only famous people there). ... read more

There is a hardly any feeling worse than coming home from a trip abroad knowing that your holiday is over and the next thing to think about is work again. We usually try on our way home to break our journey and take in something on the way that we have not seen before. Anyone who has followed this blog will realise that before visiting Belgium I had wanted to go to Kent so it seemed logical to call in on Deal and Dover on the way home. Our first visit of the day was to the pretty castle at Deal. We tossed a coin before visiting as we had the choice of both Deal and Walmer. Deal won but with hindsight I think that perhaps Walmer had extra visitor features including gardens. Deal was one ... read more