Apollo St. Helier

... bit. The people are delightful, everyone being quite friendly and helpful. I must admit that sometimes I could not understand them because there is apparently a mixture of English/French/Jersey mix that is used and ordinary blokes on the street calling out to each other are totally incomprehensible to me. The view of the sea is just remarkable. This is one of those places where the boats are sitting on mud at low tide and up to 6-9' of water at high ...

found out yesterday that sky europe has ceased its operations. just great. that is one leg we had flying from Prague to Venice so now i'll have to find another way and i'm sure it won't be as cheap. well, if that's the only problem i run into for 4 months, eh?...

... already.<br> Once off the beach, i go to the amphibian boat place and he tells me they closed the castle at 1 p.m. because by law, their vehicles are so high sided and flat sided that high winds will blow them over in the water. So had I stayed at the castle any longer, I would have been stuck there until low tide again! Asked him how deep it gets and he said, it goes over the walkway by several meters! wowzer.

We got on to the ferry to Saint Malo and Julz was feeling sea sick. Instead of sitting in our club class seats, she chose to spend an hour outside and then the rest of the journey in cattle class right at the back of the ferry!! Si was very supportive x

... young women at a table near the<br>door, dined and dashed without paying. Our hostess saw them leave<br>and immediately was out the door after them, with two of the bus boys<br>following. About ten minutes later, they returned with some bills in<br>hand and everyone seemed to be satisfied. A rousing start to the<br>trip!!!! <br><br><br><br><br>Back to the room where sleep came fast<br>for both of us.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br>

... make you feel at<br>home. It is an enchanting place that I hope Sandy and I can again<br>return some day. I also hope that the time we spent with Whitford<br>and Heather was not our last and that we can say we now have good<br>friends on the Isle of Guernsey.<br><br><br><br>Thanks Whitford and Heather, for<br>everything.................<br>< br><br><br><br><br><br> The ferry ride home was much less<br>eventful than the way over and the sea was actually quite calm and<br>the ride was ...

Took another fast ferry over to Jersey just for the day. The island is beautiful and has a lot of shops and restaurants. First thing we did when we arrived was take one of those little city tours on one of the open air trolleys that look like trains. Then it was time to find some food. We ended up going to a quick sandwich shop and ...

... in Guernsey to do it. Which would mean we'd lose some time on the island to laundry.<br><br>The fast ferries on Condor are HUGE catamarans! And I went and stood outside while we were moving and I couldn't stand the chill with the wind. Which is impressive because I have the skin of a polar bear.<br><br>We made it to St. Peter's Port in Guernsey just fine and walked to the Sunnycroft Hotel. When I read off the address, 5 Constitution Steps, I ...

... to contribute to the Thanksgiving meal. We'll probably hang out for a bit, then go to the show. For those of you at the Boyer household on Thursday, hopefully I'll get to chat w/ you via webcam. I should be back to the dorm by 11:30 (5:30 pm IL time). Maybe we can have dessert together? If not, I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!! See you in 3 weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Becca

St. Peter Port in Guernsey, Channel Islands was an interesting mix of British and French culture. Street names, architecture, and language are a blend of influences. We toured the main Anglican church and saw with marble statues and tombstones written in French. There was a small street market filled with handcrafted jewelry and pottery, and British pubs that promised to bar patrons who were too rowdy during football games.