A Change in Itinerary and Four Countries in One Day!

After only two days of being in Europe, we’ve already been to four countries. In fact, the visits to those four countries happened all in one day!

After spending the first night in London, after some delay in getting the rental car, we travelled to Longfield, England, where Gerry lived for a year when he was young. We even drove down the street where he used to live. Then we headed to Bluewater, the mall that was being built when Gerry was here. However, May 3rd was a “bank holiday” in England, meaning that everything is closed. Yet for some reason the mall wasn’t, and we encountered quite a bit of difficulty finding parking and then maneuvering through the mall. We stopped at a candy store in the mall, where for some reason they were selling Lucky Charms and Fruit Loops for £10.99!

The second day of our trip, we drove to Dover, where we visited the Dover Castle. It was a really cool castle, and was used in many wars throughout the years. After heading to Folkestone and taking the Channel Tunnel, we ended up in France! We just drove through, however, because we decided to change up our itinerary and visit Amsterdam first, and France last. This last minute decision was made when we looked at the weather and in essentially every European country the forecast predicted rain and weather around 10 degrees for 10 days! We decided to save France for closer to the end of May when things would warm up. We also drove through Belgium, where we ended up stopping for dinner. Finally, at the end of the long drive, we ended up in Amsterdam!