Hotel Metropole St. Helier

... Quite funny to go by and see all these lovely boats tiled over and waiting for water. Transportation is good once I figured it out. However sometimes the times between buses are a bit longer than I would have liked, still, I was able to move around quite easily once I figured out the bus stops had larger letters "BUS" on the pavement. So it is with sorrow that I leave after just a bit over 24 hours. another place that it is going to be necessary to return.

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?...

Very early morning to get out of London to Gatwick and catch a flight to the Isle of Jersey. Plane wasn't full so didn't take long to get off and into the terminal. as I am deplaning, the guest in front of me has on no shoes nor is he carrying any. I have read about people who go barefoot no matter what and no matter where and I think he was one of them. He left the plane, walked across the tarmac, and through ...

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

<br>Sunday- Monday June 14-15, 2009<br><br><br><br>Lansing-Detroit-Ams terdam<br><br><br><br>Sandy's friend Cathi picked us up at<br>the house and delivered us to the airport in Lansing for a 5:02<br>departure to Detroit. We landed in Detroit with about an hour before<br>boarding to Amsterdam. We headed to the Sky Club and relaxed for a<br>few minutes before heading to the gate. The plane was on time and<br>we boarded for a 7:10 departure. We were ...

... Peter Port, we went back to the house to freshen prior to dinner.<br> Whitford and I immediately adjourned to the living room to watch the<br>rugby match of the Lions vs. South Africa that started earlier that<br>afternoon and Whitford had taped. This is an every four year event<br>and pits the Lions(the best of England, Scotland and Ireland) against<br>the best team in the world at the time (South Africa). In the rugby<br>world this is as big as our Super Bowl and only happening every ...

... the steak than the steak itself. Jacqui had some past which she liked a lot. Then it was time to make our way back to the ferry terminal. It's just a short walk. We did take the time to do high and low tide pictures in the harbour. Spent about 7 hrs walking around total...<br><br>Then we got on the overnight ferry to Portsmouth...<br>

... thinking that maybe it was like the Steppes of the Mongolian wilderness. Nope...it was steps as in staircases. The town is NOT handicap friendly. Our hotel was up enough steps to give me a little bit of a sweat. Good thing we packed light (relative to our normal amount). The hotel though was pretty nice and the front desk woman is GREAT. She offered to do the laundry for us when I was asking for directions to the closest launderette. HOW ...

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.

... the British lead their part of the invasion, it is here that they built an artificial port named "Port Winston" in one day to provide shelter while the Allies unloaded supplies. As you walk up and down the board walk you can this huge cement block, about 15 feet high and 30 feet long that has washed up on to the shore. This cement block was part of the port that the British built, then if you look into the bay you can see about 10 other cement blocks in the middle bay ...