Sunday 12th August
Today has been another succession of journeys in one form or the other.
I enjoyed another pancake with maple syrup at the hotel before getting into our minivan at 8:15am for the drive to the ferry. We enjoyed the ferry ride a lot more this time around, as this time the video playing was of cheesy ballads from the 70s, 80s and 90s. Eternal Flame, the Bryan Adams song from Robin Hood, Toni Braxton's Unbreak My Heart, even Back for Good by Take That (yay). It was a nice way to pass the time.
Next it was into another mini van to drive to the border and cross into the fifth and final country of my trip. It took hardly any time for us to get through, but the paperwork for the mini van seemed to take a long time and there was quite a bit of waiting around.
More sleeping, and then we arrived at a sort of outllet place with a supermarket and a few shops in order to get some lunch at about half past two. I was about to be in a bad mood as it became clear I wasn't going to find anything good - I NEEDED food! - but decided to walk in search of the Subway I'd seen signposted from the road before we'd turned off. I found it really quickly and felt much better with one of their huge sandwiches and some iced tea to take back with me onto the bus.
More travelling, and this time because the road was so bumpy and twisty I was feeling pretty ill by the time we arrived at our hotel at 4:30pm. All I wanted to do was lie on my bed until it was time for tea. Today doesn't exactly make for interesting reading...
We ate tea in the hotel, since we're 4km from the main part of the town. I just had a salad, still full from lunch. The hotel seems really nice, and apparently we're really close to the beach, so I'm looking forward to making the most of it tomorrow. I had yet another early night; I'm getting more sleep on this trip than I've had all year!
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