Dover Part II (at last!)

Wartime tunnels?  Tres cool, they were originally used by Napoleon, crazy!  During the time of Napoleon, for ventilation, the soldiers slept in a long narrow hall with an opening to the cliff face on the end.  They must have been insane, it was freezing down there without the cliff face being open.  

We saw the original drafting table used to plan operation D-day and another major evacuation operation.  The cliffs of Dover housed the brains behind the operation.  A pretty impressive head quarters to behold.  Sadly no photos were allowed, however I did greatly enjoy the twilight zone esque ghost they projected onto the walls at various intervals.  

Thankfully, we made it out of the tunnels alive, back into the beautiful landscape of dover.

Adventure # 2: After walking DOWN the massive hills and staircases we'd climbed to reach the impenetrable castle, our cheery gang wandered through Dover towards the path to the famous white cliffs.  After passing through some picturesque side streets we encountered the edge of the cliffs just as the sun began to set.  We snapped some snazzy shots of the cliffs and after claiming some small pieces of fallen cliff as our own little piece of Dover we traipsed back to the bustling marketplace in the middle of Dover.

Now, downtown Dover, while not as ancient or famous as the castle or the cliffs, had a few items to boast of itself.  First, a two story Mc Donalds complete with pop song singing, cell-phone loving pre teens loudly discussing hannah montana in the rest rooms, to the motion activated heat lamps in the bus waiting station.  All in all, a wonderful place to spend a Saturday in the UK :)

The train ride home (roughly two hours) was rather uneventful, barring the rather interesting conversation occurring between some passengers from the country side all fancied up for an evening in town at the infamous dance club, Fabric (just as Dan Dixon if you want some details, he loves the place :) ).

Upon arriving home rather tuckered out from the day of play and photo ops (John Queally had the most amazing camera, that made you feel like a model posing for a magazine every time the shutter went off) I arrived back at Kamen and Minerva just in time to steal some quesadillas from my lovely friends in the Minerva Pent House across the way, mmmmm delicious! 

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