Home Forums Outside Places 07 Trip to London 2018-07-04 WE – Dover-Calais-Boulogne-sur-Mer

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    Udar Gromov
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    0947 breakfast in the back of Kipps Backpacker Motel – fantastic
    1038 check out and walk to a bus station
    1112 Canterbury – take bus 15 to Dover (2 x £5.70)
    1144 arrive to Dover
    1215 buy ferry tickets to Calais (2 x £32.5 = £65) and take bus to terminal
    1244 step on the “Pride of Canterbury”
    1342 in the middle of La Manche (English Channel)
    All 90 minutes I set outside at the mercy of sun and wind
    * * * time jumps one hour forward * * *
    1557 disembark at Calais
    1627 share a taxi ride to Calais train station (€10) with young English couple
    1648 take a train to Boulogne-sur-Mer
    cell signal is very spotty along train tracks
    while on the train, make a reservation at Hôtel Alexandra (€128 for 2 nights)
    1728 arrive to Gare de Boulogne Tintelleries (one stop before main station)
    1833 our new place – room 12 for the next 2 nights
    1920 walk to city center
    Supper at Indian restaurant – Vallée du Kashmir – very attentive to our vegan needs
    2047 examine presentation The Fables of Jean de La Fontaine (1621-95) on old city central square – many familiar stories including A Fox and a Crow.
    2052 old town – central square – Boulogne-sur-Mer
    2118 pictures of large and tall Basilique Notre-Dame-de-l’Immaculée-Conception
    2152 last pictures of the day in the City

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