Starting Out

Though I never intended this blog to be a day-by-day planning of the trek (I have to use that word), in considering the initial London to France route it has appeared that I have found that it would probably take up the initial day in Europe.

When travelling from England to France, the first thing I thought of was the "Chunnel", curious what the price would be to take the Eurostar train under the English Channel, I found that it was about $325 for two people(all references to $ are in Canadian). Once I saw that price I thought it may be cheaper to take the rail to Dover and then a ferry to Calais in France. After some detective work I found that it would cost about half as much at $175 for two.

Anyway, I decided that the rail/ferry trip would be better anyway, and a chance to see the English countryside, along with a short boat ride to France is a lot nicer than a tunnel, and would not take much more time according to schedules. I figured Calais would be a nice place to start the trip anyway, as Calais is close to Arras. Arras is the home of Faubourg D'amiens Cemetary which is the WWI cemetary that my great-grandfather Edward Rawden is buried in, and a place I have wanted to visit for a long time.