Thursday, May 19, 2011
Thursday morning brought little rest. The bus left the hotel at 7:30am (ughhh) for our drive to the coast. We took a ferry from Dover to Calais, France. This was especially fun because I got to see the famed White Cliffs of Dover.
They are actually white and they are indeed cliffs.
I also got a chance to photo-stalk a French man on-board. From a distance anyways...As you can see from the photos below, this man was the epitomic picture of a Frenchman. How could I NOT take a picture...or two...or three...or *ahem* four...?
Seriously...just look at the guy!
Snoody-looking Frenchman.
{Notice the buttoned up trench, popped collar, scarf, sunglasses, cigarette and non-chalante pose against the railing. Looking off into the distance behind us (the French have a distinct habit of looking backwards instead of forwards––figuratively speaking), the French flag waving proudly in the wind.}
{see? his Frenchness compelled me...clearly I had no choice but to stalker photograph him...}
The ferry was a quick jaunt of about 45 minutes to the coast of France where we reboarded the bus and drove through France and Belgium on to the Netherlands. We arrived in Amsterdam around 7 or 8 o’clock that night. It was a long travel day to say the least. Thankfully I prepared myself for this occasion and wore sweats and a t-shirt. Nothing is worse than a long bus ride in jeans, let me tell you. Since it was already pretty late when we arrived at the hotel I didn’t bother to go out exploring (we weren’t technically in the city anyways, so there wasn’t much to do). Instead I had a late dinner of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in my room while using...wait for it...FREE WIFI...IN the hotel room! I love the Dutch. So accommodating. So practical. So great. Free wifi is so rare in Europe, and to have it in our rooms (and not just free in the lobby), well, that is just a luxury. And to think, this amazing service was provided at none other than a Best Western. Who knew?! This Best Western was pretty nice though. Better than a lot of the ones I’ve stayed at in the States. We had four twin beds in our room too. I don’t think I’ve ever stayed in a hotel room with that many beds before. Hannah, Michael and I were assigned together as roommates, which was fun. I love those girls. They’re some of my very favorites on this trip. And what did we do that whole night? Internet.
Funny story:
With this free internet I was able to connect with the world again, including Clinton from Preston. Hannah, Heather and I have been in touch with him since Preston, and it was funny talking to him on Facebook. Then he had me add him on skype and we tried to call, but it kept disconnecting us. Hannah and I tried to greet him with British accents because he attempted an American accent. He gave us a 6/10 for our efforts. Not too bad, I’d say, considering John told me my accent sounded rather Irish when I tried it in Preston. I’ll have to practice more.
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