18th of August 2016
Introduction:
Right after Ibiza, I spent a night in Paris and got ready to join Doria and Claire to go to Laura and Jemery's wedding in England. The wedding was on Saturday 20th of August in a city of Dorking - about 60km southern from London.
As Doria had a car she offered a nice idea: visiting the south of England before reaching the wedding. Of course with Claire we accepted... well, to be honest this made my week off one of the the craziest I have ever had: Ibiza, Paris, Hastings, Brighton and wedding... sometimes i am really surprised by the capacity of my body ! :)
The plan: spend a night at Hastings and one more at Brighton.
Anyway, here we go:
At 7am i met Claire and Doria and we left to Calais. We have booked a ferry to cross "The Channel" at 12 am. The road was quite empty and we reached Calais faster than we thought. The guys working there were really kind to let us go with the ferry which was leaving earlier. I am always fascinated by the parking lots available in those boats...
Once we dropped the car we went up and enjoyed the sun! The crossing was about 1h30min ... after 45min we were able to see the rocks around Dover.
The funny part: once you get out: a man working as dispatcher was screaming "keep left" ... I guess a lot of people get confused while arriving in the U.K. ... and indeed, Doria was freaking out about driving on the left. Well, she adapted herself very fast ... hopefully ! :)
We stopped for a coffee in the village of Rye. A small one but quite typical. What really impressed me there were the flowers on the windows of the houses and the kindness of the people out there. In the early afternoon we reached Hastings. Before going to our Airbnb we decided to stay in the beach ... well the beach was actually a stone beach, the sea was cold and it was a bit cloudy... or maybe the fact I was coming back from some nice Mediterranean beaches made this impression in me. We spent some time chilling and sitting on the sand with a beer and chips. Once we got cold we got ready and went to check in in the Airbnb.
We stayed in the house of Joanna Summerscales (an author of extraterrestrial fiction). She was really nice though. It was a huge house and very British looking inside (a lot of colors).
In the night we went to eat fish and chips and went back home as we were tired from the day.
Right after Ibiza, I spent a night in Paris and got ready to join Doria and Claire to go to Laura and Jemery's wedding in England. The wedding was on Saturday 20th of August in a city of Dorking - about 60km southern from London.
As Doria had a car she offered a nice idea: visiting the south of England before reaching the wedding. Of course with Claire we accepted... well, to be honest this made my week off one of the the craziest I have ever had: Ibiza, Paris, Hastings, Brighton and wedding... sometimes i am really surprised by the capacity of my body ! :)
The plan: spend a night at Hastings and one more at Brighton.
Anyway, here we go:
At 7am i met Claire and Doria and we left to Calais. We have booked a ferry to cross "The Channel" at 12 am. The road was quite empty and we reached Calais faster than we thought. The guys working there were really kind to let us go with the ferry which was leaving earlier. I am always fascinated by the parking lots available in those boats...
Once we dropped the car we went up and enjoyed the sun! The crossing was about 1h30min ... after 45min we were able to see the rocks around Dover.
The funny part: once you get out: a man working as dispatcher was screaming "keep left" ... I guess a lot of people get confused while arriving in the U.K. ... and indeed, Doria was freaking out about driving on the left. Well, she adapted herself very fast ... hopefully ! :)
We stopped for a coffee in the village of Rye. A small one but quite typical. What really impressed me there were the flowers on the windows of the houses and the kindness of the people out there. In the early afternoon we reached Hastings. Before going to our Airbnb we decided to stay in the beach ... well the beach was actually a stone beach, the sea was cold and it was a bit cloudy... or maybe the fact I was coming back from some nice Mediterranean beaches made this impression in me. We spent some time chilling and sitting on the sand with a beer and chips. Once we got cold we got ready and went to check in in the Airbnb.
We stayed in the house of Joanna Summerscales (an author of extraterrestrial fiction). She was really nice though. It was a huge house and very British looking inside (a lot of colors).
In the night we went to eat fish and chips and went back home as we were tired from the day.
19th of August 2016
In the morning, Joanna told us a place where we can have an English breakfast, it was in the downtown but I can't record the name. Indeed the breakfast was good but Gosh so heavy (beans, sausage, ham, eggs, jam an bread....)!!! For me it definitely covered the lunch session too.
Right after we left for Brighton which was about an hour ride.
In the morning, Joanna told us a place where we can have an English breakfast, it was in the downtown but I can't record the name. Indeed the breakfast was good but Gosh so heavy (beans, sausage, ham, eggs, jam an bread....)!!! For me it definitely covered the lunch session too.
Right after we left for Brighton which was about an hour ride.