We left good ol' London Town to see what lay up North! Yorkshire is truly beautiful!
Our first stop was Louth where we stayed with Ali. She is a wonderful host and it was a pleasure meeting two of her sons. We were pleased to see that she had missed most of flooding although it was sad to see the affects on her neighbours. The river was rather swollen and still looked as though it could cause more trouble.
Louth is a great little village. The locals were very friendly and welcomed us warmly - to the point of me being (literally) dragged into a local's home to look at her wine collection - and very nice it was too!
The local pubs were fantastic and I made a point of trying the local ale - man does it go down easily! Very good indeed.
Travelling gave me my first taste of a Service Area on the A1. It is like a mini mall in the middle of nowhere. We bought lollies and a coffee - to keep us awake on the road.
Gina did the driving and I read the map, Iggy gave helpful suggestions from the back and we all found our way pretty well (more or less!).
:-)
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Fun in France
Gina and I headed to Paris on the Eurostar. It is amazing to think that this is a train under the English Channel!!!!
It only takes 20 mins to go through the tunnel. It takes a lot longer to get to the tunnel from the England side - although they are working on the track to make it faster and will soon have modernised another Station to make everything smoother.
We went straight to the Eiffel Tower and stood in a queue for about 3/4 of an hour. It was a brilliant view - although was quite cold and windy at the top.
We went to several great little restaurants and had wonderful food. Snails were on the menu and were delicious!
Didn't see any frogs legs though!
Angelinas is a well known cafe and we enjoyed their famous hot choclate - very rich and creamy! I saw Ben Harper there - he graciously ushered his children out of the way so that I could walk through with my moon boot. Nice guy! :-)
We saw as much as we could in the Louvre. You woulod need a week to see almost everything! It is HUGE! We viewed the "Venus de Milo" and of course the "Mona Lisa". (And yes her eyes do follow your every move!) We got there is good time to miss the crowds and had a great view of her.
Lots more to add later!
It only takes 20 mins to go through the tunnel. It takes a lot longer to get to the tunnel from the England side - although they are working on the track to make it faster and will soon have modernised another Station to make everything smoother.
We went straight to the Eiffel Tower and stood in a queue for about 3/4 of an hour. It was a brilliant view - although was quite cold and windy at the top.
We went to several great little restaurants and had wonderful food. Snails were on the menu and were delicious!
Didn't see any frogs legs though!
Angelinas is a well known cafe and we enjoyed their famous hot choclate - very rich and creamy! I saw Ben Harper there - he graciously ushered his children out of the way so that I could walk through with my moon boot. Nice guy! :-)
We saw as much as we could in the Louvre. You woulod need a week to see almost everything! It is HUGE! We viewed the "Venus de Milo" and of course the "Mona Lisa". (And yes her eyes do follow your every move!) We got there is good time to miss the crowds and had a great view of her.
Lots more to add later!
Rochester
Chris and Mel took us out to a very original town called Rochester.
Charles Dickens came from here! From all accounts he had a very tough upbringing until he made it big with his writing. Then he moved back to his hometown.
The Cathedral is amazing! Really old!
The Castle is also incredible - although parts were closed to visitors. We were able to check out the inside though and had a nice chat to the ladies in the shop - we bought a book about the castle - they were very kind to us.
We had a forgettable meal in one of the cafes but had great fun walking down the main street looking in all the shop windows. This place is dripping with history!
Charles Dickens came from here! From all accounts he had a very tough upbringing until he made it big with his writing. Then he moved back to his hometown.
The Cathedral is amazing! Really old!
The Castle is also incredible - although parts were closed to visitors. We were able to check out the inside though and had a nice chat to the ladies in the shop - we bought a book about the castle - they were very kind to us.
We had a forgettable meal in one of the cafes but had great fun walking down the main street looking in all the shop windows. This place is dripping with history!
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