Back in Dover England

Thursday, September 18, 2008
Back in Dover England

09/16&17&18/2008 We are heading back to Dover and the end of this leg of our trip. I seems like a along time ago that we bused from Gatwick to Dover. The day was spent relaxing, saying good-bye to people that we know we will never see again; Bill and Sue, the English couple that were so stand-off-ish that would later become our cycling buddies, Sam the Indian/English guy that I had to give the Heimlich maneuver to, the happy couple from South Africa, and Ken and Jane from Toronto (red driving shoes) that trained to Berlin with.

Preparing for the Dover to NYC leg we had to change cabins, get upgraded to a “Latitudes” cruising status, and brag to all new passengers that we are “back to back cruisers”. We did take the afternoon for a walk to Dover and up to the Dover Castle, where the English had dug caves into the chalk cliffs of Dover to set up a military facility to fend off Napoleon in the 1700’s and the Germans in WWII.

We’ll sail today to Lerwich, in the Shetland Islands and enjoy another Sea Day. Nita and I have decided to take the dance lessons and Avie has signed up to join Ron and me in the spinning class. It’s going to be hard to get our of the habits that we are forming.