White Cliffs of Dover and France for the Day.

This morning, we all woke up around 6:30 and headed down to the bus station to make our way to Dover and then to France. We were all really tired but after a chocolate croissant for breakfast, we were wide awake. Another pro is that we missed the demonic fire alarm test every Wednesday morning. 


We took the Canterbury bus to Dover which about 20 minutes away. It was a beautiful, sunny day; perfect for our day trip to France. We arrived to the Dover Eastern docks and checked into our ferry. The total cost of getting to Calais, France via ferry was about £12, which is about the same price as a movie. So either see a movie or go to France for the day...hard decision. From the ferry, we had a brilliant view of the world famous white cliffs of Dover. 

The ferry was only about an hour and a half and then we arrived into Calais, France. Calais is a smallish port city directly across the English Channel. We went to eat at a local Brasserie. I was quite content with my steak frites. Needless to say, it was delish. 

After that, we walked around the town seeing the town center, town hall, a bunker created in WWII when the German occupied the area, and many of the old streets.

Of course, we stopped to get almond croissants, chocolate bread and a giant chocolate butter cream meringue.

As many of the English do, we stopped by a store and picked up a bottle of wine and some cheese to bring home. We concluded our day trip by sitting in a cafe with hot chocolate. 

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving! There are so many things to be thankful for. I have been truly blessed by God with this experience, a loving family, and great friends. I will miss being at home with my dad's turkey, my auntie's sticky rice stuffing and my mom's yams. I hope you guys have a great time! Kevin, Chelsea and I will be making stuffing, pumpkin pie and yams as a part of our church's small group potluck dinner. I'm looking forward to it!