From Mom's Europe trip diary, in the "PLACES VISITED" section:
* The ferry was probably the Prinses Josephine Charlotte (II) of the Belgian ferry operators Regie voor Maritiem Transport (RMT). The ferry service quit operating a few years after the Channel Tunnel between Dover, England, and Calais, France opened in 1994.
** According to the "HOTELS STOPPED AT" section of the trip diary, my mother spent this night at the Hotel Roode Leeuw in Bruges, Belgium.
***My mother mentioned this again in the "INCIDENTS" section of the trip diary:
This is the 22nd in a series of posts about my mother's 1953 Europe Trip.
© Amanda Pape - 2014 - click here to e-mail me.
August 29, Saturday – Road between Canterbury, England and Bruges, Belgium
Drove into Dover [England] and tried to locate American Express man--he didn't arrive before 10:10 so had to leave--left forwarding address. Made arrangements for passage to Ostend [Belgium]--cost £16 3d for car and us. Had dinner on boat*--food good--things looking up. Arrived at Ostend--got through customs without their checking luggage again, and drove to Bruges. Found room in a hotel without a bath for $3 for all three.** Walked around town a little bit--finally ate at a cafe at the Hotel de Londres where food was very good. Service exceptional. Lights went off for 45 minutes in whole town.***
* The ferry was probably the Prinses Josephine Charlotte (II) of the Belgian ferry operators Regie voor Maritiem Transport (RMT). The ferry service quit operating a few years after the Channel Tunnel between Dover, England, and Calais, France opened in 1994.
** According to the "HOTELS STOPPED AT" section of the trip diary, my mother spent this night at the Hotel Roode Leeuw in Bruges, Belgium.
***My mother mentioned this again in the "INCIDENTS" section of the trip diary:
In Bruges, whole town's lights went off for 45 minutes. Quite strange--thought an air raid or something.No copyright friendly images available for this post either, so here is another map, of the approximate route from Chichester, England, to Bruges, Belgium:
This is the 22nd in a series of posts about my mother's 1953 Europe Trip.
© Amanda Pape - 2014 - click here to e-mail me.
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