Holiday Inn Calais

18th September Staples 2 Naples – Day 1 – Calais to Sarnen. Last night I was well fuelled up on continental 6% European blond beer! Real lethal stuff, it was served in 3 litre tubes, we had 3 of these between ...

Saterdagoggend 6am opgestaan om die 7.20 trein te vang na Calais in Frankryk.  Eerste keer wat ons die trein onderdeur die kanaal vang, so het geen idee gahad wat om te verwagnie.  Daar aangekom laai hulle on 'n 'n dubbeldekker trein, bo ...

... this bloak is ready to cross the channel and head to a pub for brew. We headed off early to drive to Calais where we had lunch at a local Holiday Inn. Then on to the chunnel for the train ride across to England. We actually ride on the bus on the train ...

... Folkestone. On the way to Folkestone I through up when we got there I had a shower.  We slept over at a hotel called holiday Inn express and for breakfast I had a hot chocolate with some toast with Marmite on it. The toaster reminded me of Luke. My ...

... the fun could begin, we had to cross the channel. With that in mind, we headed to Dover to catch the P&O ferry to Calais. Before we could get to the ferry, the French border patrolmen came onto the bus and checked and stamped our passports. I was ...

... ; We all got the official stamp on our passports as proof that we had stepped on the land of France!  The travel time from Calais to Paris should take about three hours, but traffic wasn’t as smooth so we were on the bus for about four ...

... food court was ridiculous so we found a restaurant with a breakfast special and dined like royalty! Haha not long after we arrived at Calais and began the drive to Paris. We checked into our hotel which was pretty flash (the room rates on the door were ...

... how the tour over the next 3 weeks works and rules and suchlike.  We took the ferry across the English Channel to Calais, France, which only took about 90 minutes. Such a great day to see the white cliffs over dover dissapearing as we sailed further ...

... We boarded the bus and were off by 7:30. It took about two hours to get to the ferry to take us across the channel to Calais. We drove the bus right on, and it reminded me of the Steamship on Nantucket, only 10 times bigger. I had some breakfast on board ...

... also cooled down a fair bit and we're not really in the mood to do much in this place. An hour and a half is plenty. Back on the bus and we're straight off to Cologne. We get dinner tonight and breakfast tomorrow and then it's on to Calais the next day. ...

... empty, so i'm set for the night. I'm currently logged onto the motel's website (wireless). It's so convenient being in my RV with all the creature comforts of home. I can't recommend this type of holiday, enough. ...

As of yesterday, Sean received his passport. Woo hoo! In the meantime, I've been planning out the holiday. We'll be staying at the Days Inn, Westminster. The hotel is a strip of historical Victorian houses that have been converted into a hotel. It ...

... and made us miss Ruphus. Day 36 - Sunday 15th January 2006 - Scarborough We drove out to Britain's first beachside holiday town, Scarborough. Which is ¾ hour south over the moors from Whitby. We could see why they named Redcliffe's Scarborough ...

DAY 1 WED Back in Sydney I had gone to great lengths to plan the trickier parts of our holiday, which included the walk from Victoria Station to our hotel. Unfortunately (a word which will recur throughout this tale) my computer-generated map cut off part ...