County Hotel Dover

... day it was an early start - up at 2:30am for a 3am departure, made worse by the fact that we only got to bed at about 11:30pm, after making sure everything was set for the big drive. I stayed at my cousin Pete's place that night, and we then picked up Rich and Phil, the other members of team 'Le Roast Beef' - apparently that's what the French call the English.

Pete and I were sharing the driving duties, so I drove us to Calais, making the most ...

... all our technology and man made world. They had created somewhat of a car park and garden. It is much easier if you look at the pictures then if I explain but I found it to be a fun art piece that was both thought provoking and easy to understand at the same time.

A nice little French town like all the rest. I'm starting to forget which town was which. Thank God for pictures and blogging or I would never remember!

... but after being unable to find a place to sleep in Boulogne or the internet we made our way once again back to Calais. This time we grabbed some food at a little seafood restaurant and then when we were out of ideas we went back to the campsite for another night. We were dirty but at least we had a place to sleep!
Calais gave us food and a place to stay so what else could we ask for!

... br>Take Train to Jaipur

Wed 14 Oct:
Visit Jaipur
Night in Jaipur

Thurs 15 Oct:
Jaipur to Agra
Visit Agra
Agra to delhi (late evening)
overnight train to Amritsar

Fri 16 Oct:
Arrive Amritsar
Spend day at Amritsar
Depart for Dehi

Sat 17 Oct:
Full day in Delhi
Depart for Mumbai (Flight)

Sun 18 Oct:
Depart for UK

APPROXIMATE DISTANCE PLANNED TO COVER IN INDIA: 8,274 km! (5,142 Miles)

We set off to France today for a new period in our life in Europe.
Work still chugs on, but with only 12 shifts in 42, we have plenty of time to ourselves.
We decided those "spare" 30 days should be spent in Europe.

I'll skip over the months of research and prep work and bring us up to today where we are now on the 4pm ferry instead of the 2pm ...

... Franks.
Day 7: Headed down to Dover from Canterbury and checked into the Castle House motel. We spent the afternoon touring dover caste. We took a tour on the secret WWII tunnels which housed the British command during the evacuation of Dunkirk, the battle of britian, and the D-day invasion. They also had a fully functioning hospital ...

... hill with a great view overlooking the area, we spent well over 24hrs just sitting there watching the locals enjoy the countryside, eating, sleeping, watching a few films and generally waiting to get the trip started. At night you could just see the lights from France and sitting watching the cars come on and off the chunnel train it felt like the real start of our journey. So the next day it was a short trip to ...

... but I have to say I liked this one so much more! Dover Castle was much less crowded and the rooms weren't turned into museums. I spent four hours exploring the castle, the tunnels underneath, and taking a tour of the WWII Barracks.

From the castle I walked to the White Cliffs. It took me quite a while but I wasn't sure how else to get there! I walked all over that whole town. I got to ...

Today began the drive home to Germany. It was actually nice that we got to sleep in just a little bit after the hectic long and busy days we had before. I think we eventually got on the road sometime between 10 and 11. We were intending on dropping my dad off at the airport, but he ended up riding all the way home with us. It was pretty uneventful, we had much more time to arrive and ...

... 2 bridge. Being a Sunday the M25 & M20 roads were relatively quiet and the car was running well good and I had to hold it back a few times and dispite traveling this route many times before alongside the new Eurostar line at Maidstone I still have not seen a Eurostar train on the move. Passing junction 11a M20 the turn ...