Welcome to France

No, I'm not going to be writing this frequency, but I figure I'll write stuff down here that I need to remember. Our driver is Antonio, who seems a nice bloke. Apparently we will have people joining us in Paris, some leaving in Rome, and some getting on in Rome. 

It sounds like I've picked a good tour to go on, they provide a written "plan" for each place we stop for the night (or more), places we are going, suggested places, etc. So basically lots of free time but lots of support. Seems a good mix.

I try to include a photo in each post, but I'm afraid we didn't exactly see much in the port, and we got on the road and the view isn't spectacular. That's not a complaint, just a fact that we are driving through farm land.

I lied, here's a photo. Behold, France has motorways too!

Location: A26 near Inghem

Time: 1358h

Temperature: 9°C

Bus Music: Some techno/hip hop mix.

Bus Tour Day One, London to Paris

An early 0600h start, meeting Flávio - our guide. Today we travel from London to Dover, then take the ferry (as passengers) to Calais, France, where we then meet our real bus and driver who will take us all over Europe. From Calais we continue on to Paris arriving in the Evening for dinner. I'm sure it'll be a black tie affair 😄

I've spoken to at least 1/3 of people on the trip, at least in brief, and they seem nice, except they are mostly Australians 😉 (Melbourne and Adilade featuring most prominently) with two Kiwis (at least so far, we pick up more passengers in Paris).

It's a bit of a wet start to the trip, but we're not exactly doing a summer cruise.

Location: M22 near Faversham 

Temperature: 6°C

Weather: Rain, I really must come back to Europe when it's summer