June 24
England's a lot more diverse than I always thought it was. We are in a playground in Southampton and so far I've seen people from Eastern Europe, India and/or Pakistan, some Muslims who could be from anywhere, and lots of people from indeterminate places.
We got in this morning, and I felt like a refugee standing in line to get off the Queen Mary 2. Add our TWELVE (I am not kidding) bags and you can imagine how I felt. We wanted to find a taxi but were misdirected, and an American woman who lives here and was meeting a friend who is moving here gave us--and our luggage--a lift to our hotel in her VERY large rented van. We truly lucked out because she was driving right past the hotel anyway and could have fit five more people's luggage in there!
We had a bit of a farce getting all our stuff up to our only-for-one-night hotel room, and managed eventually. Then we were able to reserve a car to get to Tuesday's ferry from Dover to Calais where we will pick up the car in which we will drive to Spain to see boats.
Indian food tonight for dinner and the adventure continues...
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