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    1. tammikuuta 2024
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    London

    1. tammikuuta 2024, Englanti ⋅ 🌧 48 °F

    This was just a quick stopover in London. I’ll come back later and stay for a few days. This next phase of my trip will take me to parts of England and Wales where I’ve either never been or where I’ve been before and just wanted to come back and stay for a while.Lue lisää

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    Canterbury Cathedral

    3. tammikuuta 2024, Englanti ⋅ ☁️ 52 °F

    Chaucer, Cromwell, Becket, Henry VIII, St. Augustine, the Black Prince — this place has been part of English history for 1400 years and a pilgrimage site for 1000 years. I took a guided tour with a history professor who brought so many of the cathedral’s stories to life. Returned later for the Evensong service sung by the choir and accompanied by the cathedral’s organ.Lue lisää

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    Brighton

    5. tammikuuta 2024, Englanti ⋅ ☁️ 45 °F

    About 50 miles south of London on the coast of the English Channel, Brighton seems immediately familiar. It may be partly because of its iconic pier and pavilion, but as I walk around I realize that it’s mainly because it feels like an undiscovered London neighborhood. It’s like Soho and Mayfair just propped up on the beach — an urban seaside resort. I love that. I’m staying in the Kemptown section (like Soho) and already the locals have proven to be quite colorful. I stopped in a nearby cafe for an English breakfast this morning and I was treated to a front row seat of a British comedy.Lue lisää

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    Eastbourne

    7. tammikuuta 2024, Englanti ⋅ ☀️ 37 °F

    Took a bus along the coast to the city of Eastbourne which is similar to Brighton but smaller. There were so many things about Eastbourne that reminded me of Atlantic City before casinos — the pier, the bandstand, the fancy hotels, the little museums, and the parks and gardens. Sure enough, I came across Haddon Hall which is the same name as the hotel my grandparents used to stay in every year on the boardwalk each September. As far as I can tell, there’s no connection. The AC hotel was named after the Quaker family that founded Haddonfield and this one in Eastbourne was named for a 12 century Derbyshire manor house. It was just a weird coincidence after spending so much time drawing comparisons between the two seaside resorts and then turning a corner to find it. As beautiful as Eastbourne is, it would pale in comparison to Atlantic City at its height. Unfortunately, so little of it remains. The soul of Atlantic City was lost when its grand hotels were demolished or converted to casinos. It’s a great reminder of how important it is to preserve historic buildings.Lue lisää

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    Seven Sisters

    10. tammikuuta 2024, Englanti ⋅ ☀️ 36 °F

    This was the highlight of my stay in Brighton. I waited for a sunny day and then headed for the South Downs National Park. It was an easy hike from the bus stop to the coast where I was met with an amazing view of the chalk cliffs known as the Seven Sisters. Imagine crossing the Channel on a boat returning to England and this is what you see. Just beautiful!Lue lisää

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    Portsmouth

    11. tammikuuta 2024, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 39 °F

    I’m loving this part of England. Portsmouth is their Annapolis with an extra 1000 years of history. From here, Henry VIII watched his royal navy fight the Battle of the Solent in 1545. They managed to halt the French invasion of the Isle of Wight but he famously lost his flagship the Mary Rose in the process. Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth. Also Sir Arthur Conan Doyle lived and wrote here for a while and served as the first goalie for the Portsmouth football club. Lots to see and explore as I wait for tonight’s ferry to Jersey.Lue lisää

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    St Helier

    12. tammikuuta 2024, Jersey ⋅ 🌬 45 °F

    Reached the Isle of Jersey and its capital city of St Helier. Staying at the Hotel de Normandie which shares a corner of the beachfront with a quaint little pub. St Helier is the home of the actor Henry Cavill — Superman. And it is also the home of Sir George Carteret who was the first lord proprietor of the British royal colony of New Jersey. He named the colony for his home island and the city of Elizabeth is named for his wife when it was founded in 1664.Lue lisää

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    St Helier — Val Plaisant

    13. tammikuuta 2024, Jersey ⋅ ☁️ 36 °F

    I was lucky to get into a sold out concert in the Roman Catholic Church of St Thomas. Glad I waited for a cancellation as a glee club from Cambridge was performing. The Gents of St John’s College, as they are known, put on a great show including a haunting rendition of Billy Joel’s “And So It Goes.” The church was also beautiful. I loved the floor.Lue lisää

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    Gorey

    14. tammikuuta 2024, Jersey ⋅ ☁️ 39 °F

    The bus system here would rival that of my own beloved Jersey. Really. You can get just about anywhere on the island and they run pretty frequently, even on a Sunday. First stop today was the bayside village of Gorey. Its Mont Orgueil (Mount Pride) faces east toward France which is why it’s the site of a medieval castle. They say on a clear day you can see the coast of France, but I’ll have to take their word for it. From here, the Jèrriais people have kept an eye on the French for over 800 years.Lue lisää

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    La Corbiére

    15. tammikuuta 2024, Jersey ⋅ ⛅ 43 °F

    I waited for the first really sunny day to visit the west coast of Jersey and the lighthouse known as La Corbiére. From here you can see Sark, the island in the Channel Islands that is closest to Jersey. This passage became notorious for its many shipwrecks and a monument commemorates one that ended with all 307 passengers and crew being saved by the coastguard in 1995.Lue lisää

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    Rozel

    18. tammikuuta 2024, Jersey ⋅ 🌬 41 °F

    It’s my last day on the island, and Jersey has proven to be a truly special place. The whole island is roughly the size of the Bronx but with a population of only 100,000. It’s encircled by beautiful fishing ports and cliff side villages. In the interior, it has rolling green hills with churches, pubs, and homes resembling northwest France. Today I went to the harbor town of Rozel, which may be my favorite. It’s in a more upscale part of the island, so the surrounding area is full of manors and mansions. The little harbor faces northeast with a view of Normandy across the Channel. The little kiosk known as The Hungry Man came highly recommended and I can see why. What I ordered was basically a pork roll egg and cheese sandwich but they just used local bacon — a Jersey connection. — and it was delicious. I saw two other Jersey connections today. One was a pub called Caesaria which any Rutgers grad will tell you is listed on their diploma as it’s the Latin form of Jersey (the island was named for Caesar and New Jersey in Latin is Nova Caesaria). The second one was in the Friday’s at the ferry port. Inside, they had some Jersey memorabilia and the waiter thought it was great that I was from the other Jersey.Lue lisää

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    Channel Crossing

    18. tammikuuta 2024, Englanti ⋅ 🌙 32 °F

    Some people were curious about the ferry between England and Jersey.

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    Exeter

    19. tammikuuta 2024, Englanti ⋅ ☀️ 41 °F

    Exeter is an ancient city on the River Exe in Devon. The Romans arrived in 45 AD but there were settlements here long before that. I stayed in an old inn from the 1500s called The Turk’s Head whose pub was “a favourite watering hole” of Charles Dickens. It is still the place to be for the locals, and they were turning people away last night due to a capacity crowd. The town has a large university and a lot of history. Unfortunately, Exeter was chosen by the Germans as one of five medieval English cities to be bombarded in World War II so most of the historic city center was lost. The cathedral remains along with some key buildings including a fort built by William the Conqueror in 1066.Lue lisää

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    Torquay — Agatha Tour

    22. tammikuuta 2024, Englanti ⋅ 🌬 50 °F

    One advantage of traveling off peak is you’re sometimes the only tourist at some of the attractions. This was the case this morning when I booked the Agatha Christie walking tour. I fully expected the guide to cancel when it was clear that it would just be me, but instead, he gave me a 3 hour private tour of all of Agatha’s haunts and an incredible retelling of her life story. It was without a doubt the best tour I’ve ever been on.Lue lisää

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    Dartmouth

    23. tammikuuta 2024, Englanti ⋅ 🌬 55 °F

    From this side of the River Dart, you must take a ferry to reach Dartmouth, a place that could be straight out of the imagination of J.K. Rowling. When I arrived it was foggy and the little town emerged from the mist with its castle and naval college. I had a great breakfast (eggs Benedict) in the Bayard Cove Inn, a Tudor inn at the very point from which the Mayflower sailed from England.Lue lisää

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