The Monterey Hotel 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?...

... already.
Once off the beach, i go to the amphibian boat place and he tells me they closed the castle at 1 p.m. because by law, their vehicles are so high sided and flat sided that high winds will blow them over in the water. So had I stayed at the castle any longer, I would have been stuck there until low tide again! Asked him how deep it gets and he said, it goes over the walkway by several meters! wowzer.

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

... young women at a table near the
door, dined and dashed without paying. Our hostess saw them leave
and immediately was out the door after them, with two of the bus boys
following. About ten minutes later, they returned with some bills in
hand and everyone seemed to be satisfied. A rousing start to the
trip!!!!




Back to the room where sleep came fast
for both of us.

... beautiful
day and had a nice breakfast. Whitford then took Sandy and I on
another tour of the island, stopping at the island's reservoir for a
nice view, we stopped at a German gun battery that had been
preserved after the war. It started to cloud up and was getting
cooler with the stiff breeze coming in off the Channel and I was
concerned with our plans for the rest of the day. Our plan was to
catch the 12:15 ferry to the adjacent island of Herm and have ...

Took another fast ferry over to Jersey just for the day. The island is beautiful and has a lot of shops and restaurants. First thing we did when we arrived was take one of those little city tours on one of the open air trolleys that look like trains. Then it was time to find some food. We ended up going to a quick sandwich shop and ...

... they were close by, and partly because they offered a 7-course set dinner. The dinner was excellent, and we decided to get the wine course to go with the dinner, for 55GBP/person for 7-course dinner with paired wines. The dinner was so good that we forgot to take pictures of a lot of it. The chef is actually starring in his own TV show on BBC. It's called Blagger's Banquet. Sounds like an interesting concept. You can try to download the ...

... is actually this week, but it works out well, because now I get to celebrate Turkey Day w/ my group. So, I flew to Jersey on Thursday. It took me longer to get to the airport than it took me to fly (a think the flight was 30 minutes). Phil, Thia, and I ran some errands, made pies, and drank on Thursday. Friday Phil cooked all day while Thia and I worked on our school work (Thia worked a lot ...

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.