Hotel Le George V Calais
34-36 Rue Royale Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, 62100 , France
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Crossing the Englsih Channel
The trip officially started today. I had to arrive at the Royal National hotel courtyard by 6:45 so that sucked, and then an hour and a half later we were all finally on the bus and heading out to France. Most of the trip so far has been our tour ...
Prison Break & Buffalo Grille
... t sleep until he has boob, we went into Boulogne Sur Mer for a look around. What we didn't realise was it was actually New Year's Day and of course pretty much all the town was closed!
We did, however, manage to find a very authentic French patisserie to have breakfast in and celebrate the new year. We drove around the city to check the place out anyway, and it is very quaint.
Next it's onto Lille
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Don't trip, Dodson.
Day Two:
We left the hostel in Chatham around 10am for our next stop – Dover ferry port. The fourty-five mile journey was pretty easy going, and after a couple of hours we found ourselves ahead of schedule so decided to stop off in Canterbury to hunt down some food. £20 on Nando's later and we set off for the ferry. The second leg ...
The white cliffs of Dover
... for winter. You can see it from every direction and it looks quite foreboding.
The highlight was the Dover museum which brilliantly presents the long history of the place. It is famous for a boat relic which was dug up in Dover in the 90's and goes back to the Bronze Age, making it about 3800 years old! It is quite large and amazingly crafted from wood and natural materials. It is quite weird imagining who ...
Dave the Brave
... right up to the hotel door, warned us about pick pockets and bid us a-due. We really would have been lost without him that night and whether he had good intentions or not with us we don’t really know but as soon as we were at the hotel we offered him some money which he refused. Asked him where he intended to sleep tonight and he said the local park - we figured as much. Gave him 10 pound and you would have thought it was Christmas. What ...



