Our ship docked in Southampton, England, this morning and after breakfast we disembarked the ship. We took a cab to the airport where we picked up our rental car. Now remember we're in England and they drive on the left side of the road and their steering wheel is on the right and it's a standard transmission and because the steering wheel is on the right that means the gear shift is on the left. It's all very strange.
Once Jim figured it out off we went...but we didn't really know where we were going but stopped and picked up a map! We drove to the eastern side of England to Folkestone where we were to pick up the Euro Tunnel and go to Calais, France. We got there and went to check in and discovered we made a mistake on the ticket and booked it for the wrong direction. Oh no! And on top of that there was an electrical problem in the tunnel and the trains were running 3 hours late! Oh no, now what?!?
Well my wonderful husband had booked the Flexiplus Fare which was totally refundable and after waiting in the line of mostly crabby individuals we were given a new ticket, for the correct direction, we drove right up and onto a train and off we went! I can't even tell you how thankful we were. The extra 100 Euros really made the difference for us.
It was a 35 minute ride under the English Channel and then it was amazing how the train cars opened up and everyone drove straight off the train.
Our car on the train.
Jim in the driver's seat.
The car in front of us was first and directly in front is a roll up door and the two doors on either side let you move from train car to train car.
This picture is of the roll up door up and the other doors flat. It was really cool.
And down and out we went.
We drove from Calais, France, through Belgium and into the Netherlands to Amsterdam. It was a long day and we're exhausted. It's after midnight here but I wanted to post to let you know that we were all good.
I'm going to update the post from last night with the pictures so be sure to check it out.
Tomorrow morning we have tickets to the Anne Frank House and then we're going to see some friends that live about 45 minutes south of here.
Good to be off the road... until tomorrow.
Well that was quite an eventful day! Glad y'all are safe and sound, get some good rest to tackle Amsterdam :) Love
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