Dover - Boarding the Ship 14th August 2011

A nice drive from London, to Dover, where we boarded our second cruise ship of the trip, Holland America’s ms Ryndam, for a 25 day cruise around Europe and the Mediterranean.

After checking in our luggage we went to enjoy a stoney English beach and dip our feet in the cold English Channel!


There was a group of mad people there, swimming around in circles, training to swim across the channel to France (about 20 miles) – they looked blue getting out of the water, with their friends, dressed up in winter clothes, handing them a hot cup of tea and blankets!  We had a nice walk in the brisk wind (wearing a fleece – in August) along the waterfront.

As we sailed out of Dover, we passed the iconic White Cliffs of Dover - very dramatic.

Apparently within the cliffs are many tunnels built by the British for the artillery for the different wars going back to the 1700s.