Day 13 - Paris to LondonAuthor: jawapro
Date: Sun 01/02/2009 07:56 PM
The Contiki tour is now over! We'll have to make do with just ourselves from here on.
Today wasn't overly interesting - so I won't waste your time with heaps of pictures (only took 25 today!). Basically we drove from Paris to Dover, took the ferry, then drove to London. That was it.
Interesting points - the area of France we drove through was the Somme (WW1 battlegrounds) so that was interesting - even though it wasn't obvious - just looked like farms. We did an illegal photo stop so the Canadians could take photos of a monument in the distance on a piece of France that belongs to Canada. You see - back in WW1, the first main Allied advance was a Canadian effort. The war was fought between the trenches - and little progress was made for years - but the Canadian's managed to catch a large portion of land (relatively) which was the start of the German retreat. In return, the French goverment has given Canada some of that land. On the one hand, it's nice gesture. On the other - there are apparently a lot of unexploded bombs still in that land - so if anything happens now, it's Canada's fault. Lovely French hey.
On the ferry we got to see the white cliffs again - but still no Toybotas.
Heading back into London we made good time, until the road ahead was closed (probably an accident) so Derek, our driver, took us down tiny little backstreets which the bus really shouldn't have fitted down. Quite nice to see more of London though.
Then back to the Hotel and saying goodbye to our mates from the tour. The hotel here has free wireless!
According to the news, England is about to have a cold snap - while back home there's a heat wave. I think I prefer it here.
Comments: 1
Maelstrom Fansite
