Ramada Hotel Dover

... ribs) where there was a rather amusing urinal (see picture).

We left Calais and headed for a campsite which wasn’t the greatest and didn’t have very nice bathroom facilities but at least it was a gorgeous night. We spent an hour or so with our heads sticking out of the van and enjoying the stars. Love those nights! The next day we made our way to Boulogne to see the sights (see next ...

... bus from Satara to Panaji
Night on bus

Tues 29:
Arrive in Panaji at about 8am
Take bus to Calangute – 45 mins
Night in Calangute/ Candolim

Wed 30th:
Visit Calangute
Depart for Madgaon
Depart from Madgaon to Jog falls OR
Depart from Madgaon to Ernakulam (Train – 14hrs)
Night on train/bus

Thurs 1st Oct:
Visit Backwaters - Allepey
Depart for Coimbatore (Train – 8-9 hours) bus?
Night in Coimbatore ...

... When I look at an A4 India map (which for some reason doesn’t have a
scale on it!!), it all looks pretty simple and close together. For
instance, Pune only seems like a stone’s throw away from Mumbai and yet
apparently takes over two and a half hours to get there. After a little
research, I manage to find train times and found that the ‘2124 Deccan
Queen’ from Mumbai CST ...

Here we go......

I recently watched a movie called 'Julie & Julia' starring Meryl
Streep as Julia Child and Amy Adams who plays a character called Julie
Powell. Julie turns 30 and has nothing interesting in her life. She
doesn't enjoy her job and wants to do something that she enjoys. She
loves cooking and is an avid fan of Julia Child who has written a
cookbook for servantless American women! So Julie then decides that she
is ...

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The Romans were here – one light house is still standing by the church. William the Conquer also came here and the Henry's and Queen Elizabeth I. Dover is know as the 'key to England’, a hard fortress to get control over. It is now just about 6 and the place is going to close shortly so we catch the bus ...

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 ...

"The fog comes in on little cat's feet" is a quote from one of Carl Sandburg's poem. This morning we went out on the back deck of the bistro after breakfast to catch a glimpse of Dover. Our first glance showed a bright clear day in which the Dover Castle on the hill overlooking the town was clear and bright. A few minutes later, without a sound the castle was obscured by fog. Everything in view was under the translucent light grey blanket of an English fog. But later the port of ...

Arrived at Dover just after 9.30am we all got off the Coach and went through French Customs and got another stamp in my half stamped filled Passport then we put our bags onto the cargo truck and then walk onto the ferry and got ready for the 2 hour trip over the English Channel. Also admirer the White Cliffs of Dover as we headed to Calais.

To cut a long story short (and it has been a long long story) and as most of you readers will already know, we are back where we belong in dover, writing this at 3am because we are suffering from jet lag! Back to our story, yes, that by chance meeting resulted in us selling maz- to an Israeli guy and his german girlfriend who were heading back to perth - they got a bargain and we got the opportunity to fly home a bit sooner than planned. A happy ...

... delicious. Soon we had to move from a our cabin and wait. Thank goodness I'm a member of the Captain's Club. So we could wait in the Michael's Club with coffee, tea and pastries; if you wanted. And then we had to go... In almost no time we were through the custom and outside the harbor building. And there really was a car waiting for us. We couldn't believe it! The driver drove us to Heathrow International Airport. When we arrived around noon, we could check ...