Jersey

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.Read more