Richelieu Calais

We awoke to the noise of trucks and early morning deliveries..Took Lucy for walk and packed van ready to hit the road again..Start? Yes!!<br><br>Breakfast at the Happy Chef opposite the Marina in Dover was very welcomed, and to be recommended. We will be checking out Uncle Sam's next time we pass through. Now down to the Ferry port for check in..<br><br>Ooh la la......<br>

... the motorway at the first opportunity, and retraced our steps, along with the Landyprikkers, but we lost them shortly afterwards, as they sailed off missing the turning again.<br>We then followed the roadbook ok, but missed most of the things we should have seen along the route.<br>The Landyprikkers caught us up later, and we travelled together for a while.<br>

... we ordered 4 kebab pizzas????? which I missed out on as shortly after arriving at the restaurant, was throwing up outside!!<br><br>Joe had to take me back to the hotel, with a stop off to the burger van for a 2.5Euro burger!<br><br>Whilst i was being put to bed, about 6pm by the way, Kris had a menu snatched off him in the restaurant as he was laughing in to it (tash and kris were in absolute stitches all ...

We were up early and left the house at around 7:00am. We had a tunnel train to catch at 9:00. With the rush hour traffic, we didn't want to get stuck and miss our train. We arrived at the train station with plenty of time. We stepped into the Duty-Free shop for a little early shopping. We headed out to the train once we were called to prepare. We drove down into the station and headed into the train ...

... 1 litre every 40 seconds and we took almost 50 litres. 30 minutes I had my finger presses to that damn "fill" button! So we are on this ferry, now heading back to Dover for reasons as yet unknown!! <br> <br> <br> - Injuries<br><br> It turns out we damaged an crew member on our departure so return to drop him off with A&amp;E!<br>On our way again, 45 mins late

... sad but large Cora (no Carrefour in sight) and bought enough Pastis to see us through the summer and hopefully until a return trip to the south and the boys at Le Canto Cigalo. What a gentle irony, I thought, as I started the final leg of my journey from Rheims and it started to rain. I started to reflect on my time away and my musings were interrupted by the radio announcing that tomorrow it is going to be a 'fete du cinema' day in ...

... in a north European kind of way, especially the town hall. I push on back into France for the culmination of this part of my trip and reach Calais around midday. I drive down towards the water and come across what looks like a beach from a distance but actually is a concrete road on quite a slant that goes all the way into the water. I can only guess it may have been built around the time of WW2. On my way back into town I make a brief visit to the cathedral and a ...

... hotel made it unreasonably difficult to get it checked in and thus we were left standing in front of the hotel. Eventually, Tanya comes scooting out and gives the girls their room key. I'm usually last to figure out which room I was in because I was rooming with Tanya for the length of the trip. I don't mind waiting a little longer, though. It gives me time to round up Tanya's luggage with my own and scope out the hotel lobby a bit. Rooming with Tanya had ...

... off. The ferry ride over was great. We took Sea France and the boat was very nice. On board there was two restaurants, two bars, lots of video games and gambling machines, a duty free store (which wasn't much of a deal but fun to walk around in) and an area at the stern where you could go outside. The trip took about an hour and fifteen minutes. Once in Calais we headed east.

We soon climbed out of the tunnel and raced towards the train's first stop at Lille. The land was flat, bathed in sunshine and looking decidedly and strangely 'foreign' !!!<br><br>We were served with a late lunch during this section of the ride. Well cooked and well served! Also with a nice glass of champagne!!! <br>