And the trip is under way

Friday 22nd July! 15:00, and we set off for the first stop, Premmier Inn Sittingbourne Kent. It was the only hotel I could find a room in!!!

5 hours later we check in and get ready for sleep as we have to get up at 5 in the morning to catch a 7:40 ferry from Dover to Calais

And I have to say one thing. Thank you  Waze. If it was not for this amazing navigation app from google we would have been stuck in the infamous 12 hour Dover ques. With a quick reroute  that it decided on its own and I lucklely trusted, Waze took us through the narrow roads of Dover, right past Dover Castle, and just half a mile from the entrance to the port.

As we later found out and saw on the news, a couple of Antique army trucks we overtook on the way to Dover got stuck in the que for more than 12 Hours!!!!!! All the delay was down to tougher immigration procedures by the understaffed French authorities in Dover?
Travelled across the Chanel with DFDS sea ways. We did have a small delay as we fought the 9:10 ferry instead of 7:40. But can’t complain as the ladies at checkin were just wonderful

Time to board and get to France. We have a 10 hour drive ahead of us all the way from Calais to Milan.