(Backup) June 27, 2017 Dover GB

We had an early morning get up to make our tour at 8:30 am. As it happened we both did not wake until the alarm went off, at 6 am when we opened the drapes we were already docked!  We that shows you that when you party harty, the night before, at our age, your dragging, the next day.  But we made breakfast, and that was fin to see, they were changing out the chairs in the dinning room. These were the new chairs, that they were suppose to get while the ship was in dry dock, but because of the storms that hit there, they had them sent to Dover. The poor dinning crew had to remove all the chairs, before they could bring even one in!  They latterly were taking chairs out as people vacated them!!  We and the staff were laughing, you didn't dare get up to use the bathroom 😄

So we were called for our tour, and had to walk a gauntlet to get off the ship, the gangway was a killer, of up and down switch backs, made sence to go down BUT NOT UP!  Any way then a long walk to the buss. Can you tell I was tired allready, it didn't get better. I should have gone to sleep on the bus, like one of the dancers that accompanied us on this tour, but I was afraid I'd miss something. So first stop, after an hours drive was Leeds Castle, wow what a place, you could easily spend the day here, we didn't have a day, and the guid thought we were all teens, she failed to tell us until later, that we could have taken a little train up to the castle, so we walked at least a mile, up!  And when a Brit, says it's a 10 or 15 minute walk, Don't believe them, we struggled for 30, some minutes, and there were still stairs!  Luck would have it the lady at the gate, said sence we were soooooo exhausted, we could avoid the stairs, and go through the front door. I could have kissed her, but I know that she would probably not take to that. We would still have to climb stairs later, but by then we could do it. 

Now Leeds castle, it was built on a lake, some 600 years ago, there is not much left of the oraginal castle left, as has been repaired over the years. It has a story some what like the Taj Mahal, in the sence the king was very much in love with his wife, he gave it to her. It was then passed from husband to wife many times, it was quite beautiful, and I once again can see how you could get lost in a castle, even one that isn't considered large. 

From there we drove about 45 minutes to Canterbury, which was advertised to be a long afternoon, of shopping and time for lunch, and maybe see the cathedral, well how do you do all that in an hour and a half, which was all we had left!  It seems we are always running from one point to another. 

So we went to the cathedral and it is huge, we could have spent hours in there. Becket was supposedly barrier there, but they know he wasn't, or if he ever was they stole his remains, but they have a nice memorial to him any way. 

One highlight of the day was going, finding, the Weaver Pub, wow never knew beer could tast so good, the meat pie wasn't bad eaither. 

Then it was back on the bus, and back to the ship, by four a'clock as scheduled. A good shower was in order, and ready for dinner, and see all the new furniture in the dinning room. It is beautiful, white leather, like, chairs, very pretty, and comfortable.