Canterbury

We finally made our way into England and the customs agent was kind enough to tell us there was a lot of smoke coming from our exhaust and that we might be burning oil. It wasn’t a complaint so we weren’t offended. Driving on the left side of the road is rather easy, especially when you start off on the highway. However, our GPS figured it would be faster to get to Canterbury if we took a few back roads as well as the highway. The first left and right were weird but I quickly adapted. The speed and distance is another story, so I drove what I felt was a comfortable speed. Thankfully the van is large and slow and I ended up driving too slowly most of the time (but not by much). We signed up for a 3 month membership (available to foreigners only) for £20 at the campsite. If we didn’t join it would be an extra £7 at each location (free camping is illegal and not recommended in the UK). The other camping chain is £40 to join for the year, and again saves you a £7 non-member fee on each stay. The day was starting to clear up and since it was still early we decided to head into town and go explore. But before we did this we used the internet a bit over lunch (10 sites offer WiFi). The walk into town was a short one and when we arrived at the town wall, we couldn’t find a way in. We had to walk for a short distance before we came across a street entering the town centre. Our first stop was the cathedral, however we only saw it briefly from the street as it was surrounded by walls of its own and it was £7.50 to enter them. Since this was really all we came to see, we ended up walking around the town, stopping in a few shops, some book stores and then eventually at a Pizza Hut. They had a new stuffed crust pizza, this time with cheese and pepperoni. I highly recommend it. We have only been in England for 2 hours and we already appreciate the ability to speak and understand others. After lunch we wandered a bit more before heading back to the van.