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Portsmouth, recovery from overnight ferrys, reading and sleeping.

Portsmouth, United Kingdom



We arrived in Portsmouth and took our first taxi to the hostel, as the folks at the ferry terminal informed us it would be about a pound more expensive for the taxi as the bus and we would have to walk 20 min in the opposite direction to even get to a bus stop. Well, they lied, or maybe didn't know what they were talking about. No more taxis! Busses and feet are all that's required ;) (Says Chad lol)

We settled into the hostel after wandering around the city for 5 hours until we could check in. The morning was great weather for costal England, however we couldn't wait to head back to the hostel for some sleep as the overnight ferry from Caen was a wreck. Stormy waters, cold rooms and uncomfortable chairs meant very little (Chad) and no

sleep (Ewa). The first day, after checking out a little of the town and sleeping, there wasn't much left to do!

The second day, after sleeping in a little, we simply toured around the town, checking out the boardwalk, some memorials, the carnival on the pier, minigolf,


and then just toured around the town more. The hostel here is the southside backpackers, and it's an alright place, but they have a strict curfew on the common area of 11:30, which although it limits your night, is a good way to enforce catching up on sleep I suppose. We met a really interesting guy by the name of Michael, who is from Ireland, and is in a similar situation as us, he is selling his property, and getting away from the day to day grind to travel the world. Hopefully somewhere along the way we'll be able to catch up with him again as the conversations were interesting!

Tomorrow off early in the morning to meet up with Luigi and Delaine in London!!

permalink written by  ECRadventure on June 19, 2009 from Portsmouth, United Kingdom
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