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Trace the French 'Family' Connection
Day 1 Jersey, Channel Islands We arrive in Jersey to an island that has an interesting history of invasion from the Vikings, French and English. Today street signs are in both French and English and many of the locals speak both languages. Jersey is home to Mark's maternal ancestors for some 500 years. We do a bit of digging around and come across the AMY surname in an old menswear shop that is named Amy & Son established 1880. Whilst a rare surname ...
More Jersey
... it was so cold.
Paul and Tom took in a local rugby match between the local Jersey team and Mosley. I went for a walk heading for the coast. Though I had map in hand, I asked directions from locals. I asked one young mum with a pushchair and walked along with her. She asked me what I was doing and I told her about our holiday and the significance of Jersey to Paul. I told her our name and guess what? She turned out to be a Rive herself. Zoe ...
Stunning Jersey
Such a great feeling going on holiday with Tom. Stunning weather to begin our journey to Gatwick. Having Tom as our guide relieves all the stress that can come with travel.
Such a short flight, only 35 mins to Jersey, The aircraft flew at a low level, so we got really impressive views of Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight and then before we knew it, Jersey. Jersey is very beautiful, though small ...
Sark to...?
... met two girls, Madie and Kristan, two australian girls who had been travelling through the UK and somehow ended up in Sark to work. Myself, Maddie, Kristan and Ben used to sit around making plans to travel together, from buying a campervan in Aus, to working in a ski resort in Canada.Oh and I should also mention that Kristan and Maddie were big drinkers, every time these conversations took place a bottle of vodka would appear ...
And so back to the UK temporarily
... it. So now we can actually tell you about the differences between the Carnivals around the world. There are three we’ve been to;..... Venice, St Maarten, and now Jersey, and how different they all are. The Carnival in Venice takes you back to the romantic age of those wonderful ball gowns; women coyly hiding their faces behind masks; everything so sedate; with that wonderful Vivaldi music gently wafting across St Marks Square; and everyone being taken back to the mid ...