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Hello and welcome back to my Road Trippin‘ England series!
If you have no clue what I’m talking about, make sure to check out the first post of this series where we took the ferry to Dover and started our road trip (click here).
After we had left Folkestone, we headed towards our next destination:
The Seven Sisters
The Seven Sistersare a series of chalk cliffs, situated in the South Downs National Park between the two coastal towns, Seaford and Eastbourne.
We parked our car in a car park in a street called Crowlink Lane. From there we took a twenty minute walk to the cliffs across the meadows of the national park which are home to sheep and cattle since the area is used as a farm.
The view from the cliffs is simply stunning. However, be careful and stay away from the edge- as solid as they may seem, these cliffs are naturally unstable and cliff falls happen.
Yup, these cliffs are definitely naturally unstable.
Tea Time
If you need a break from hiking, you can enjoy a coffee or tea, as well as other foods and drinks at the Birling Gap Café next to the National Trust Birling Gap and the Seven Sisters. On our hike we haven’t seen too many people, only at the Tourist center that I’ve just mentioned. As far as I can tell, many people just like to park their car near the cliffs and enjoy the view, only some people actually like to hike the cliffs.
After a quick coffee break, we went back to the car and enjoyed the walk being surrounded by baby sheep with their mothers and curious calfs observing us through the fence of their meadows.
A curious baby sheep approaching a calf. Poor little baby sheep got scared when the calf snuffled.
I loved hiking the Seven Sisters and I will definitely come back (with better footwear)!
Thanks for reading.
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Long time ago in 2018, (can’t believe it’s already 2020 and I haven’t posted this article earlier) my dad and I decided to go an a road trip to England.
We drove my little, at least 24 year old, VW Golf Three Cabriolet to Calais and took the ferry to Dover. We had to book the ferry in advance and since my dad and I are usually not „over punctual“, we were fearing we might miss the ferry, which was not particular cheap to be honest. Fortunately, we made it on time and enjoyed the ride to England while at least half of the cars where honking because their alarms got off due to the movement of the ferry.
The White Cliffs of Dover, arriving at the P&O Dover Ferry terminal
After twenty minutes, we could see the the beautiful and well known White Cliffs of Dover. I am definitely obsessed with rocks, cliffs and mountains, therefore, approaching the cliffs was really amazing to me. It didn’t take us too long to get off the ferry and we decided to drive uphill and go for a short walk. We parked the car on a car park near the Visitor Center Langdon Cliffs and wandered around the green meadows on top of the cliffs.
View on Dover Harbour Dover Castle
We had a great view on Dover Castle and enjoyed the last rays of sunlight, the view on the sea and the fresh and salty air.
As the sun was beginning to set, we decided to drive through the city of Dover, in order to drive to Folkestone, a small city near Dover where our hotel was located. If we saw a nice spot, we would just stop, wander around, take a picture and then go on. Since we hadn’t really planned the trip, we had time to relax and go wherever we wanted.
The hotel we booked a day earlier was the Southcliff Hotel, I nice and inexpensive hotel, that offered English and continental breakfast as well.
Folkestone
Hummus and Falafel at the Aspendos Restaurant
The receptionist recommended the Aspendos Restaurant to us, a Turkish restaurant that offers a great variety of delicious dishes and has inside and outside seating options. I had hummus and falafel and they also served us fresh pita (I think it was pita…) bread. To be honest, I think this was just the starter but I can’t remember what I had as a main dish.
The next day we left after breakfast and continued our trip, driving along the coast, seeing many nice places and beautiful houses. I really love the „typical“ English houses with the red bricks and the cute chimneys.
After a short stop at a beach, we eventually arrived at our next destination, which I will talk about in the next England Road Trip post.
Quick stop at a beach on the way to our next destination.
We really enjoyed Folkestone as a place to spend the night. The hotels there were definitely cheaper than in Dover, the atmosphere was nice and the view on the sea was amazing! We also spend our last night before heading back to Germany in the same hotel and tried another restaurant, which I can highly recommend, called The Meze House. It is a greek restaurant located almost next to the Southcliff Hotel in a street called „Shakespeare Terrace“– and the food was great! I absolutely fell in love with Halloumi fries and we eventually ordered them twice, since even my dad loved them, although he always referred to Halloumi as the „Squeaking Cheese“ and never really enjoyed it… until that point … :)!
The Meze House, such a beautiful interior design!
Stay tuned for the upcoming articles about our little „England Road Trip Adventure“, I hope you enjoyed reading this!
I am finally back after having suffered from writer’s block for two weeks.
To be honest, I wanted this post to be online yesterday, but my uploader did not work and I fell asleep.
I knew that this would happen, since I am an ambitious person and a perfectionist. Unfortunately.
Being a perfectionist can be very helpful, but it often prevents me from doing spontaneous and imperfect things.
When it comes to blogging, this perfection often overwhelms me.
I really want to produce content which is interesting, or helpful, or at least a little bit special. I know my blog is nothing in comparison to other blogs, but that is not the point.
My favourite record store in the backround
It is not about readers or clicks or likes. This blog shall be about experiences, memories, happiness and spreading love.
Even if I could ever make money with blogging, which is completely unrealistic (and not the purpose!!!), it should not lose its identity.
Royal Arcades, London
Sometimes I wonder, if it is really necessary and if there is a sense why I am writing and sharing my photographs. And yes there is one: it is fun. And I love to connect with other people. To my mind, blogging is a great way to connect! Because so many people in the world are able to read your blog!
And this is, what it is all about. Sharing, caring, impressing and creativity.
Subway Station
I started my first blog in 2012. And I failed and deleted it because I thought that nobody was interested in reading it. But I do not want to stop writing and blogging again. This would be a mistake.
I know that I could prepare blogposts, but I am not at that point yet.
I am not that productive yet.
Anyway, today I am sharing with you my last London pictures. It is another mixture of Street Photographs and I hope you like them! Looking back, I really enjoyed my time in London, since it is such a wonderful city. I wish I could travel the country for a couple of weeks one day. Ireland and Scotland would be nice to see as well.
Taking the ferry
Please excuse me, when I am having my writer’s block again. I am fighting it. Have a lovely week!
One of my favourite things to do when I am travelling is going for a walk and exploring all the different streets and places.
I have to admit that I only support guided tours to a certain extent, since you are not able to explore the city on your own.
Jamie Oliver’s Diner! I wish I had the opportunity to eat out there!
But last year we took part in a Jack the Ripper Tour and it was amazing!
Our guide was very impressive, since he had a vast knowledge about history. Additionally, he used to be an actor.
This record store was just amazing!
Anyway, I really enjoyed the tour. We were able to see so many different and partly hidden streets, which made the tour a great experience.
The famous red busses.
Having wandered around, I discovered many interesting places, stores and pubs. I wish I were able to visit them all! My best discovery was a grunge/indie/alternative/vintage record store! I almost bought Nirvana’s „In Utero“ recorded on vinyl.
But I did not and I still regret it!
Telephone box twins.
When I am thinking about London, the first colour which comes to my mind is red.
Red busses, red telephone boxes, red mail boxes, red signs.
I like red, red is impressive and classy!
The streets.
I hope you enjoyed this kind of „uninformative“ blogpost.
Stay tuned and have a wonderful and hopefully sunny week!
When I was fife years old, my Mum showed me a postcard of famous sights in London.
I was so impressed and decided that London is my favourite city. The funny thing is, that for 13 years, London was my favourite city, although I had never been there before.
Last summer I was finally able to visit this beautiful place!
I have to admit that I cannot give you insider advice, but I would like to show you my photographs of different sights and my street photographs.
As you may know, I am very obsessed with photography, which is the reason why I am always looking through the viewfinder, trying new perspectives and motives.
Today, I am starting my London series with the most popular sights, which you probably already know.
Having arrived at the London City Airport, we went to Wynfrid House in Whitechapel, a hostel near Shoreditch which is very cheap.
Shoreditch is great! There are so many young people and everyone is so friendly and open-minded! If you want to go clubbing, the Village Underground is pretty famous and the people there are highly recommending it!
From Whitechapel, you can walk to the Tower Bridge, which is quite amazing!
Tower Bridge
On our first day we also visited Big Ben and Westminster Abbey. I love this church and the architecture in general. Additionally, I am definitely a great fan of the royal family.
When I was twelve years old, I spent the whole day watching different shows about Kate’s and William’s wedding on TV. I even drew them!
I guess you know the nickname of the bell…Did you know that the tower is officially known as Elisabeth Tower?
After having admired these historical and beautiful buildings, we enjoyed a wonderful boat trip on the Thames. Boat trips are an amazing opportunity to see all the great sights near the Thames all at once.
I can highly recommend doing this, especially when you are not staying very long.
The London EyeWaterloo Bridge
As I love the royal family, I had to see Buckingham Palace, although many tourists told me that it would not be that special. Well, I loved it! Unfortunately, I was standing too close to the building and did not want to create a panorama picture, consequently this shot may be not as typical as I originally wanted it to be.
Additionally, the weather was not as expected, so the Victoria Memorial does not look very special…
Buckingham PalaceVictoria Memorial
I know these things are not the „very special“ things you should not miss in London (these are more the basics) but stay tuned, I still have many other things to share with you in the next couple of days!
Aperture & Wanderlust 