England: Dover, Bodium & Salisbury 3/18/12

We left london today and took the train to Gatwick airport where we rented a car. Yep that's right we rented a car and drove on the other side of the road. How was it? It was great! I didn't drive. How was it for Nathan? He describes that first day of driving as the worst day of his life. We almost died getting out of the rental car park. We got lost at every round a bout. We had to stop and ask for directions for every place we went. In the case of Bodium that would be 3 times. There was a car on his butt every time he would look back and no room to pull over. Any damages to the car? A scraped hub cap that may end up getting us charged. Cross your fingers that we don't get charged.

Anyways, we drove down to Dover to the castle which was pretty cool. There were Medieval tunnels, old ruins and great views… my kind of place. Nathan enjoyed it too. We speculated whether or not it was France we could see from the high tower. I would definitely recommend Dover.

From there we went to Bodium where we got lost 5 times on the way and scraped the wheel and hub cap. Eventually we found the castle. I liked this one because it is surrounded by a mote and has the traditional medieval castle look. It was interesting to learn about the history of the castle. Unfortunately, despite it's well preserved outside, the inside was completely in ruin.

From Bodium we made a long drive to our B&B in Salisbury. We got lost on the way to this one too. We walked around Salisbury that night, but it was kinda scary because the place was EMPTY! Seriously, no one was out. It was hard finding a place that was open for food.

It was a long day with around 6 hours of just driving. Yuck! We may have skipped some sites, but I am happy with what we were able to achieve in our short stay!