This weekend, I'm in Dover & Canterbury with a friend of mine. I have a few minutes to kill before anywhere opens up where we can eat breakfast, so I thought I'd post a couple of pictures. Obviously, I'm standing on the White Cliff's of Dover on the right. Joe & I hiked about five miles along the cliffs. If time (and weather) allowed, I would have kept going. The cliffs where pretty. The constant flow of ferries across the English Channel didn't really add to the picturesque seen, but it was a nice hike. It did rain on us for the last mile, but that seems to have made the experience complete. Some of you are now questioning my common sense, which is a perfectly sensible response. Dover Castle was also interesting. I've toured enough castles that it really wasn't that different from others. However, there are a series of tunnels under the Castle that were begun during the Napoleonic Wars as barracks for soldiers positioned to repell a French invasion. During WWII, this became an underground hospital as well as a command post for Operation Dynamo (evacuation of the British and French armies after the Battle for France was won by Germany in WWII).
Not a bad first day. Today I'll get to see Canterbury Cathedral, which rounds out the last major European church I had on my list. I'd still like to see the Hagia Sophia, but it hasn't been a church since 1453, so I don't have to technically include it in my list of churches.
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